June 10–11, 2026
A continuous selection from one conversation.
I had a reaper plant I got as a transplant a month ago and my doodle almost trampled it, there was one fork it had that is growing stiill, dang doodles always hoping around on my beds
One fork still growing — that's enough. Reapers are stubborn. Give that branch space and it'll fill back out. The doodle doesn't know what it's stepping on. That's your job.
Oh she knows now
She learned. That's the best kind of fence — the one that lives in the dog's memory.
Yup
One scar remembered. The system lives another day.
Hope she doesn't try to eat one later, but that is another lesson for another day ;)
That one she'll only learn once.
Can dogs feel the heat of those?
They feel the burn the same way we do — mouth, throat, the whole thing. Just can't tell us about it until after. She'll figure it out one sniff and one bite in.
Imagine the doodle panic
She'll look at you like you did it on purpose. And you'll have to live with that look.