We've been SKUNKED!!

Ugh...PEEE-UUUU!!

Me and the dogs were outside early Thursday morning when I saw them start running the back fence line.  It was only 5:30, so it was still dark - but I saw a small black shadow moving with them.  I thought it must be the groundhog that lives at the back of our property - on the outside of our fence.  I ran down and yelled to call off the dogs.  The adults came running, but of course Puppy Huck had to continue investigating....then all of a sudden he came running right at me!  At first I thought, "wow, that recall training is really coming along!"  But then I smelled it...BLECH!  We ran to the front of the house to get away from the smell and I suddenly felt like I was caught up in a Chevy Chase movie...I turned around and the dang skunk was RIGHT THERE - no kidding - he was maybe 10 feet away from me.  Then I started wondering if the thing was rabid or something and I think I spooked it AGAIN!  ARGHH!!  I hurried and latched a leash on Huck and swung open the gate and called the others to come too.  They wasted no time getting away from the skunk this time.

Needless to say, my house absolutely reeked!  It was nausiating.  I couldn't tell who was sprayed or not becuase the whole room smelled.

I had not yet showered and was supposed to leave for work in less than an hour.  So I crated Huck and hopped in the shower.  As I'm standing there letting the stress and chaos rinse away, I start to smell the skunk again.  I peeked around the curtain to see Binx lying on my towel...I could almost see the cartoon-like stream of smoke emitting from him.  "GET...GET...Go on now - Get Out!"  He looked at me cluelessly and moseyed on out of the bathroom.

Well now I just had to get on with my day and deal with the stinky dogs later.  Huck got it the worst...he got sprayed in the face and the body, whereas Binx just got it in the rear...as he was running away I suppose.  Rhyme did not get sprayed!  Maybe this wasn't her first skunk and she was wiser than the others?

I stopped at the drug store on my way home to pick up the "Skunk Remedy Recipe" supplies.  Peroxide, Baking Soda, and liquid soap.  It works like a charm!  Granted, I too was soaked by the time I bathed Huck...but it took the smell away immediately!

I'm still not sure what made the skunk crawl under our fence and INTO our yard with me and 3 border collies...I find that rather odd.  I am much more aware of our surroundings when we go out in the early morning now, that's for sure!