There is a classic book called "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds." The first chapter is devoted to the Dutch tulip mania of the early seventeenth century. Tulips were in demand, but things went crazy and tulips were selling for astronomical prices! There is one story of a poor sailor visiting someone's home. When he awoke the next morning there was a great confrontation going on over a missing tulip. Seems he mistook a bulb worth thousands for an onion and ATE it before going to sleep. He spent the next several years in jail for the "theft." Please don't put your doggie into jail! He just thought it was a treater!

Sorry to hear of your misfortune. I have similar problems with squirrels and chipmunks uprooting seedlings and plants. I know how frustrating it can be to nurture a plant and then see it wither. I have no experience with Avocado trees, but I have seen other trees send up a new shoot from the trunk when the main trunk dies. That may be what your tree is doing. If the shoot is near the roots, you may eventually have a strong tree from it. Select one sprout and trim off all of the others. Or you may want to just start over with a new seed and use this one to experiment with bonsai. Your title brought back a memory from long ago. I once told my teacher that the dog ate my homework. The teacher didn't believe my made-up story. She must have seen the TV show that gave the idea to me. I was not destined to be a con-man.

ok great. I am just watering it as needed, and watching for it to grow a new stem. I am glad this happened now and not later, so I still have all summer to grow the plant's first year main stem. Grapes seem to really love our vegas weather! :)

Kframe: Was your dog a Polish Lowland Sheepdog? Sometimes I wonder how my pup, well. . . he's 16 manages to reach as far as he does on counters. I think all these dogs have a thing for whatever is denied them on the counter, whether it's in the kitchen or in the bathroom. How could a hair brush with synthetical bristles possibly taste good? BUT; here's one that will really make you cry. I had baked two of Ann T's cream cheese danishes, one was consumed by humans who then left the house. On return the other had been completely consumed by my four-legged friend. How he managed to pull that pan off the counter is beyond me. (He is smaller than normal for the breed, but I've seen his "reach and swipe" in action.) Nancy