I indicated to him that there were problems regarding the townhouse rental, I didn't ask for suggestions or anything just merely advised of the issue.
"Reply just in. So what are you going to do, move in and put the pets in a kennel."
I shouldn't be analysing this reply, but I am and you can all hit me over the head again if you like. But I take this as meaning, he is not intending to move with us or maybe he is just generalising the answer, I don't know.