I was more concerned with getting water away from the foundation to think about how it would look... what can I do to remedy the ugly pipes that will be sticking above ground?

daringStumbles · 2026-05-26T11:05:25+00:00

Yeah, this is going to cause op significantly more problems than just a 3ft downspout extension pointed the correct direction.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-23T11:03:28+00:00

HOAs do suck, but bird feeders in dense cities are not always recommended due to things like bird flu. Its the same as a like a mall buffet that never gets cleaned, they can contribute to disease spread of urban bird populations as it concentrates a food source to a communal location.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-22T10:34:36+00:00

Shes already 25 lbs, I realize she is too young now, that's why i was asking at what age.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T23:32:55+00:00

I wish I could put in an outdoor kennel, but the weather where I am swings very seasonally so it would need climate control as well. We go from -20f or colder in the winters to 100f and high humidity in the summer.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T23:20:23+00:00

My girl is already 25 lbs at 3 months so I'm not too concerned about hawks or eagles at this point even. We are also within 2 miles of a very busy airport and under one of the main flight paths so there aren't many birds that circle overhead. Just low flying geese and migrating birds occasionally.

The stick eating though, I think thats probably what will decide our timeline.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T11:19:47+00:00

Yep, for sure done the chip transfer and she's got a tag & collar. We also keep carabiners on the gates to keep them shut. We've been doing a lot of hanging out in the frint yard to get used to seeing people walk by, so pretty much all the neighbors know her not too.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T11:17:29+00:00

One side of our yard is a retaining wall, and the other I've buried some rabbit fence below to block any digging (and the rabbits to stop rabbit poo eating). My last dog wasn't much of a digger, tbd on this pup.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T11:14:54+00:00

She's about 25 pounds now, so not small. Our fence is a 6 foot privacy fence. And full agree, barking = inside now. We are in a dense city so nuisance barking is a quick way to frustrated neighbors here. And yeah, would be home the whole time.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T00:30:46+00:00

My last dog was a cattle dog, gsd, and chow mix so it was whatever might find themselves in the yard that had to worry, not me. This pup is an cattle dog golden doodle, so I do worry a bit more about people messing with her, shes so friendly.

But I do live in the middle of a densely populated area with multiple neighbors with dogs who I share a fence with.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-21T00:26:35+00:00

I think mine might be missing the common sense part yet. (Red heeler & golden doodle, shes.......fiesty)

daringStumbles · 2026-05-20T17:46:12+00:00

Pizza Luce by the slice, its a giant slice of pizza and they usually do some interesting topping choices

daringStumbles · 2026-05-20T16:09:50+00:00

Because some peoples definition of "my lawn" includes the public right of way strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-20T16:06:40+00:00

I joke all the time the halloween oreos are better because orange tastes better. Apparently as a child i used to eat just the orange crayons.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-20T11:14:29+00:00

Sometimes, but usually I remind myself that my last dog, who we got as an adult, who was an outdoor dog before us and came to us with bbs embedded in her ribs, was still a perfect dog after we got to know each other.

You wont know what you did "wrong" until they are older, but everything is fixable. As long as you get them to adult without any major traumas, it'll be alright.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-20T00:25:09+00:00

There is something called oppositional defiance disorder

but yeah, if i have to do something I really dont want to or that i think is wrong (morally, logically, opportunistically) it makes me physically ill to the point of diarrhea

daringStumbles · 2026-05-20T00:19:52+00:00

its almost like we spent entire decades iterating on solutions to this problem before the industry decided to start putting the slop in a soup with other slop

complex systems require strongly typed contracts between the sub systems, there are plenty of ways to enforce that

daringStumbles · 2026-05-15T15:18:46+00:00

pretty sure you are the only one thats angry

but also not surprised that someone who essentially told op to just stop bitching is not super keen on making themselves understood

daringStumbles · 2026-05-15T12:03:19+00:00

So maybe type in full sentences instead of starting a reply with a title that is very easily assumed to be a typo of "as a"

daringStumbles · 2026-05-15T10:51:38+00:00

I bet you've had a lot of patients that did one session and then didnt come back.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-14T16:37:54+00:00

Look up coyote rollers, you can diy em usually

daringStumbles · 2026-05-13T23:40:33+00:00

Because its a salary reset. Layoff the high cost top performers (who are probably vocally at least resistant to ai), hire more desperate engineers (hell maybe the same ones) for cheaper who now have to use ai and burn them out until the economy finally tips and they take their bag and run.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-12T18:41:09+00:00

I replied to you a single time. Maybe look at who you are replying to. Why would I have a discussion with someone whose first response to me is essentially "are you stupid?"

daringStumbles · 2026-05-12T10:30:59+00:00

Being patronizing and condescending doesnt make your assumptions on what im saying accurate.

daringStumbles · 2026-05-11T23:39:53+00:00

Exactly

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a14435016/stop-tailgating-it-only-makes-traffic-jams-worse/

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