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fasteddie · 10-06-2004, 05:45 PM

Wow, they're going to great lengths to keep their pets around. Smart little Yorkies!

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When a certain student, who asked to remain anonymous, found a kitten taped up in a box near a dumpster, she didn’t worry about the Stanford University policy forbidding pets on campus — she wondered who could abandon such a helpless creature.
“I fell in love with the animal,” she recalled, and explained that the cat still lives with her on campus, unbeknownst to Student Housing Services.

The Housing Policies and Services manual states, “the keeping of pets of any kind — including fish and caged animals — in or about University residences is prohibited to students.”

It continues with the warning that “residents who are found to have a pet will be charged $100 upon discovery and $100 per day until it is permanently removed.”

Not all University rules are obeyed by students, though, and the policy on pets is no exception.

One undergraduate who asked to remain anonymous has lived with her Yorkshire Terrier for two years.

“She is trained to be completely quiet whenever she is in my purse,” she said.

She takes the well-behaved dog with her to class every day, and even the most stoic members of academia have softened at the sight of the petite creature peering out from her bag.

“One professor saw her and loved her. She laughed her head off.”

Despite the chance of being caught, this owner has no doubts that keeping her pet on campus is worth the risk.

“Having a dog is a cure in so many ways,” she said. “It affects not just mood and basic feelings, but it creates a reality and sense of home in the midst of classes and work.”

Not all pet situations are as ideal. The difficult circumstances faced by one student have forced her to seek an alternate home for her feline.

“It is a young baby, and waking up at 5 a.m. doesn’t really work for me,” she said. “I love the kitten, though, and my care for him has motivated me to keep him as long as I have.”

The practice of keeping animals on campus is not a new occurrence. Many graduates recall their college pets with affection

“During the fall of 2001, Terra had sixty residents, including one hamster, two marsupials, three guinea pigs and two baby chickens,” said former Terra resident Lexi Suppes. “No one in Terra was ever caught for having pets on campus [that year], most likely because the pet owners comprised half of the house staff.”

Phil Sayegh attributes his successful two-year-long maintenance of two guinea pigs in Terra to the nature of a co-op.

“It was unlikely for anyone, [such as] a staff member or an RF, to complain or report us,” he said.

Imogen Hinds, manager of Undergraduate Housing Operations, affirmed that students with pets are not often discovered by the University.

“I would say this is a fairly infrequent occurrence,” she said.

This is not to say that it never happens, though. Dogs, cats, rodents, snakes and fish have all been discovered on campus before separating from their owners.

“Residents typically will remove the pet on their own,” Hinds said. “If the pet is abandoned, we would contact the appropriate service for removal of the animal.”

Whether they remain with their student owners until graduation or enjoy only a brief stay, pets can bring happiness and humor to the rigorous lives of Stanford students.

“When you’re up at 4 a.m. trying to write a paper and your chickens have just shat on your copy of ‘Being and Time,’ you can’t take yourself that seriously,” Suppes said.

http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page...y=0001_article

chrstna · 10-06-2004, 06:16 PM

OMG, how funny is that!! FastEddie, you always find the BEST articles. I'm in my junior year of college, but luckily I live off campus and my mom is my landlord (so she basically has no say... lol).

So, I really don't have the same sitution as the girl in the article, but I am sooo tempted to bring Bridgette with me to class, especially now since I have my Petote. Even when we go shopping, no one knows she there. The only thing that gives me away is that I'm petite and people are like "why is she carrying such a large bag?" Then we'll get outside, and they see why when she pops her little head out.

I don't think it'd be fair to bring her to class though. I'm afraid she'd become restless and start all moving around inside the bag like a madwoman. I'm still tempted though.. if I ever have a class that's just an hour long and I'm on good terms with my professor, I'm so gonna do it!

fasteddie · 10-06-2004, 06:42 PM

Glad you like it, I love reading about Yorkies in the news, and thought others would too. If your Bridgette can keep quiet and not fidget, it should be fine, but if she needs to go to the bathroom, then everyone will wonder why you're toting such a large bag! It's always little kids that find Yoda when he goes with Mommy shopping (and a tote-type bag). Then they cause a ruckus, and sometimes security asks them to leave, but only certain places it seems.

Higgin's Mom · 10-07-2004, 06:23 AM

WalMart. I swear WallyWorld has a Canine Sensor at the front door. I think Bettyeanne got by it once though..........

chrstna · 10-07-2004, 07:47 AM

I bring Bridgette to Sam's club (owned by the same company as Wal-Mart) every week. No one even notices!! I actually snuck her into the supermarket with me last week. My mom just had surgery on her shoulder, so I had to help her food shopping. I refused to shop with her, so I waited in the car until she checked out. I brought Bridgette along with me so we both wouldn't be lonely. I didn't want to leave her in the car so I just threw her in her tote and no one knew the difference. Even my mom remarked how no one even knew I had a dog in there.

bettyeanne · 10-07-2004, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Higgin's Mom

WalMart. I swear WallyWorld has a Canine Sensor at the front door. I think Bettyeanne got by it once though..........

Yep! Down in Ft. Walton Beach ... but Toto heard voices and popped her head out of my bag!!!

Got caught at the checkout! I said "fine, I will shop at Target" and I did! The nice people at Target didn't say a word!!

waysh0 · 10-07-2004, 08:13 PM

HAHA.. I have taken Binky to my Physics 3 class. Hes really good as long as no one comes and plays with him. Hes pretty well behaved at 4 months. Only thing is that he wont stay in his bag when I take him, he will figit around until I put him on my lap and then hes happy. Hes only ok with being in the bag if im walking around.

kindness_001 · 10-07-2004, 08:39 PM

I wasnt that lucky at Walmart me and a 8 week old puppy got threw out it didnt even weigh a lb. I couldn't believe it.

but we go to home depot and pet smart all the time.

fasteddie · 10-08-2004, 09:21 AM

Home Depot and Lowe's is great. Actually, around here, most places are, we sneak Yoda into supermarkets all the time, but I'm always cradling him in my arms or he's in my jacket and we make sure he doesn't touch anything, especially in the produce or meat section. We've also snuck him into restaurants at times, either holding him during our meal, or in his little carrier when he was a baby. I think we've only been thrown out of Target or Wal-Mart a few times, but sometimes people think he's so cute they let us get away with it. :P

Cookie2 · 10-08-2004, 12:27 PM

I got thrown out once at a Walmart that is not near our home. I had him in a purse so he had his face and 2 front paws peeking out. I had to leave because we were told twice ...
Well I bought a purse carrier that is completely zippered and has the mesh sides on 3 sides. I can close the flap that is on the side and faces the public. I usually put the carrier in the shopping cart and no one has ever noticed. Cookie wont bark unless someone puts their face against the shopping cart to see lol. That only happened once when a toddler noticed I had a doggy in there! We take him shopping all the time. I dont take him to restaurants or movies though. I took him once to my daughter's pediatrician appt. Everyone there fell in love with him and wanted me to take him out. I didnt just because I did not want to risk any child grabbing him.
Genie

mishasmom · 10-14-2004, 08:31 PM

I'm too nervous to take Gabby anywhere that dogs aren't allowed. I don't have a pet tote yet though. I would love to take them to some of my classes. I really miss my girls when I have my three hour organic labs. My teachers are mainly stuffy chem teachers and probably wouldn't appreciate a dog in the classroom. My zoology teacher and lab tech would have loved Gabby though. My Biology teachers are definitely cooler than my chem teachers. I don't see why more places don't allow dogs, petsmart is so much fun and all of the animals are not a problem at all.

10-06-2004, 05:45 PM	#1
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	[News] Hidden Yorkies on Campus Wow, they're going to great lengths to keep their pets around. Smart little Yorkies! --- When a certain student, who asked to remain anonymous, found a kitten taped up in a box near a dumpster, she didn’t worry about the Stanford University policy forbidding pets on campus — she wondered who could abandon such a helpless creature. “I fell in love with the animal,” she recalled, and explained that the cat still lives with her on campus, unbeknownst to Student Housing Services. The Housing Policies and Services manual states, “the keeping of pets of any kind — including fish and caged animals — in or about University residences is prohibited to students.” It continues with the warning that “residents who are found to have a pet will be charged $100 upon discovery and $100 per day until it is permanently removed.” Not all University rules are obeyed by students, though, and the policy on pets is no exception. One undergraduate who asked to remain anonymous has lived with her Yorkshire Terrier for two years. “She is trained to be completely quiet whenever she is in my purse,” she said. She takes the well-behaved dog with her to class every day, and even the most stoic members of academia have softened at the sight of the petite creature peering out from her bag. “One professor saw her and loved her. She laughed her head off.” Despite the chance of being caught, this owner has no doubts that keeping her pet on campus is worth the risk. “Having a dog is a cure in so many ways,” she said. “It affects not just mood and basic feelings, but it creates a reality and sense of home in the midst of classes and work.” Not all pet situations are as ideal. The difficult circumstances faced by one student have forced her to seek an alternate home for her feline. “It is a young baby, and waking up at 5 a.m. doesn’t really work for me,” she said. “I love the kitten, though, and my care for him has motivated me to keep him as long as I have.” The practice of keeping animals on campus is not a new occurrence. Many graduates recall their college pets with affection “During the fall of 2001, Terra had sixty residents, including one hamster, two marsupials, three guinea pigs and two baby chickens,” said former Terra resident Lexi Suppes. “No one in Terra was ever caught for having pets on campus [that year], most likely because the pet owners comprised half of the house staff.” Phil Sayegh attributes his successful two-year-long maintenance of two guinea pigs in Terra to the nature of a co-op. “It was unlikely for anyone, [such as] a staff member or an RF, to complain or report us,” he said. Imogen Hinds, manager of Undergraduate Housing Operations, affirmed that students with pets are not often discovered by the University. “I would say this is a fairly infrequent occurrence,” she said. This is not to say that it never happens, though. Dogs, cats, rodents, snakes and fish have all been discovered on campus before separating from their owners. “Residents typically will remove the pet on their own,” Hinds said. “If the pet is abandoned, we would contact the appropriate service for removal of the animal.” Whether they remain with their student owners until graduation or enjoy only a brief stay, pets can bring happiness and humor to the rigorous lives of Stanford students. “When you’re up at 4 a.m. trying to write a paper and your chickens have just shat on your copy of ‘Being and Time,’ you can’t take yourself that seriously,” Suppes said. http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page...y=0001_article

10-07-2004, 08:39 PM	#8
kindness_001 Yorkies LUV never grows old Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Owensville,In.47665 Posts: 889	I wasnt that lucky at Walmart me and a 8 week old puppy got threw out it didnt even weigh a lb. I couldn't believe it. but we go to home depot and pet smart all the time. __________________ Megan, Killer, Cocoa Latte, and Ebony Lousie

10-06-2004, 06:16 PM	#2
chrstna Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2004 Location: AC, NJ / Philly, PA Posts: 86	OMG, how funny is that!! FastEddie, you always find the BEST articles. I'm in my junior year of college, but luckily I live off campus and my mom is my landlord (so she basically has no say... lol). So, I really don't have the same sitution as the girl in the article, but I am sooo tempted to bring Bridgette with me to class, especially now since I have my Petote. Even when we go shopping, no one knows she there. The only thing that gives me away is that I'm petite and people are like "why is she carrying such a large bag?" Then we'll get outside, and they see why when she pops her little head out. I don't think it'd be fair to bring her to class though. I'm afraid she'd become restless and start all moving around inside the bag like a madwoman. I'm still tempted though.. if I ever have a class that's just an hour long and I'm on good terms with my professor, I'm so gonna do it!

10-06-2004, 06:42 PM	#3
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	Glad you like it, I love reading about Yorkies in the news, and thought others would too. If your Bridgette can keep quiet and not fidget, it should be fine, but if she needs to go to the bathroom, then everyone will wonder why you're toting such a large bag! It's always little kids that find Yoda when he goes with Mommy shopping (and a tote-type bag). Then they cause a ruckus, and sometimes security asks them to leave, but only certain places it seems.

10-07-2004, 06:23 AM	#4
Higgin's Mom YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 852	WalMart. I swear WallyWorld has a Canine Sensor at the front door. I think Bettyeanne got by it once though..........

10-07-2004, 07:47 AM	#5
chrstna Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: May 2004 Location: AC, NJ / Philly, PA Posts: 86	I bring Bridgette to Sam's club (owned by the same company as Wal-Mart) every week. No one even notices!! I actually snuck her into the supermarket with me last week. My mom just had surgery on her shoulder, so I had to help her food shopping. I refused to shop with her, so I waited in the car until she checked out. I brought Bridgette along with me so we both wouldn't be lonely. I didn't want to leave her in the car so I just threw her in her tote and no one knew the difference. Even my mom remarked how no one even knew I had a dog in there.

10-07-2004, 08:13 PM	#7
waysh0 Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 34	HAHA.. I have taken Binky to my Physics 3 class. Hes really good as long as no one comes and plays with him. Hes pretty well behaved at 4 months. Only thing is that he wont stay in his bag when I take him, he will figit around until I put him on my lap and then hes happy. Hes only ok with being in the bag if im walking around.

10-08-2004, 09:21 AM	#9
fasteddie *YT 6000 Club Member* Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,238	Home Depot and Lowe's is great. Actually, around here, most places are, we sneak Yoda into supermarkets all the time, but I'm always cradling him in my arms or he's in my jacket and we make sure he doesn't touch anything, especially in the produce or meat section. We've also snuck him into restaurants at times, either holding him during our meal, or in his little carrier when he was a baby. I think we've only been thrown out of Target or Wal-Mart a few times, but sometimes people think he's so cute they let us get away with it. :P

10-08-2004, 12:27 PM	#10
Cookie2 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,568	I got thrown out once at a Walmart that is not near our home. I had him in a purse so he had his face and 2 front paws peeking out. I had to leave because we were told twice ... Well I bought a purse carrier that is completely zippered and has the mesh sides on 3 sides. I can close the flap that is on the side and faces the public. I usually put the carrier in the shopping cart and no one has ever noticed. Cookie wont bark unless someone puts their face against the shopping cart to see lol. That only happened once when a toddler noticed I had a doggy in there! We take him shopping all the time. I dont take him to restaurants or movies though. I took him once to my daughter's pediatrician appt. Everyone there fell in love with him and wanted me to take him out. I didnt just because I did not want to risk any child grabbing him. Genie

10-14-2004, 08:31 PM	#11
mishasmom Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 173	I'm too nervous to take Gabby anywhere that dogs aren't allowed. I don't have a pet tote yet though. I would love to take them to some of my classes. I really miss my girls when I have my three hour organic labs. My teachers are mainly stuffy chem teachers and probably wouldn't appreciate a dog in the classroom. My zoology teacher and lab tech would have loved Gabby though. My Biology teachers are definitely cooler than my chem teachers. I don't see why more places don't allow dogs, petsmart is so much fun and all of the animals are not a problem at all.