<p>As opposed to "getting a dog that a friend can keep for me" (which I think is kind of a stupid idea), I've noticed that a lot of frats, especially at LACs like Dartmouth (where I'm going) tend to have pets. How does this work? Are these pets owned by specific members or does the frat own them in commune and take care of them as such? Also, I've noticed that certain types of dogs/cats tend to make better "frat pets" than others. I was wondering if someone could tell me what kinds of animals tend to make good frat pets. Just a note, I've heard that the animals in the frats (at least at Dartmouth) are VERY well treated.</p>
<p>years ago, some brothers of Chi Phi put glasses in the bowl of my fraternity's dog. the dog died. :(</p>
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<p>This may be the case at LAC's but most big state schools especially in the south don't have pets because of the insurance prices that we already have to pay to live in our house. However, we have a 40 person house while most smaller colleges have fraternity houses with only a couple of rooms.</p>
<p>There's a chinchilla at one at my school--illegally. It lives in the closet during the day.</p>
<p>Chincillas are awesome!</p>
<p>A while back, we had a dog, Sarah, she chewed up all the furniture. Now the Alumni Corp. won't let us have a dog. </p>
<p>Bigger dogs make better house dogs though, for what it's worth.</p>
<p>that's horrible, they shouldn't be allowed to have animals.</p>
<p>They're not allowed to have animals, that's why they have to hide it.</p>
<p>alot of frat houses are technically off campus and that is why they can have pets.</p>