Yesterday morning, I awoke in the wee hours of the day to use the bathroom with my dog in tow. When I looked back, he was doing the upward facing dog pose.
He looked at me as if he needed to tinkle as well (you know the look) and I led him out to the front of the house. He went to the right of the house to water our tree, and as I was waiting, I felt a presence behind me. When I turned around, I was face to face with a skunk.
I never saw one in person, and my instincts told me to stay still. I looked to my right hoping my dog wouldn’t walk my way and in that instant, the freaking skunk’s tail went up and scurried across our lawn to our neighbor’s house. My dog got a whiff of him and started running after him. Imagine this… I’m chasing my dog, my dog is chasing the skunk, and the skunk is running for his life. In the middle of the street, I saw the skunks tail go up again and I knew I was late.
So we had a run-in with old Pep Le Pew. Hubbs was waiting for us at the front of the house, and we entered. Wow! What a mistake that was.
I couldn’t get his Eue De Parfum out of my nostrils, my clothes, my dog, the house, etc for a while…the horra (that’s the way we NY’ers speak).
Vinegar, baking soda, borax and dish detergent were our best friends – several times over.
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My family and I went to celebrate our grandmother’s 89th birthday later that day at Don Coqui’s restaurant. There is NOTHING as wonderful as having family all together in one room. And like most families –we are loud. When the waiter came over with her cake/candle (it was actually a desert called Flan) she started to show us some of her dance moves. The patrons joined in and began clapping and singing happy birthday with us.
As we were leaving sister #1 came up to me and said:
“I didn’t want to tell you this, but you still have a lingering stench of skunk.”
“I thought I smelled good.”
“Didn’t want to ruin your appetite.”
“But my niece said I smelled fine.”
“She wouldn’t be able to help you. Don’t you know she’s recovering from a cold? Her nose is stuffy.”
“You’re lying.”
She gave me this wicked laugh, turned around and walked towards her car.
I live in southern California. Skunks are part of the suburban fauna — like possums and raccoons. We’ve had run-ins with Pepe le Pew, and I don’t care what anybody says about tomato juice, everybody out here knows it doesn’t work. We found this at PetSmart: http://www.petsmart.com/search?SearchTerm=skunk+smell+remover It’s called Nature’s Miracle Skunk Oder Remover. It works. First time every time.
Thanks so much Sue for the tip. My 4 legged friend is fine – after a few baths. I don’t want to go through this experience again and neither does he. 😉
Tomato juice is the best thing to get the skunk stink out. Pour on the dog leave it for a few minutes wash out with shampoo. Been there done this… more than once. 😾
Yeah I read it online but my dog has white hair. Would it stain his hair a bit? If not I’ll buy it tomorrow. I can still smell it a bitbaround his neck/face area.
It will make him a bit pink but it fades and as you brush him over time it goes away. Be careful around his face it will sting his eyes.
Ok. Thanks for the tip!! Appreciate it.
Lol! 🙂 🙂
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Oh no!! So sorry but it did make a great post. G-uno
On my expense…haha
Sorry your sister, and I seem to have the same sense (no pun intended) of humor. 😉 G-uno
I have never seen a skunk .. just read about it. I guess it wouldn’t be a good idea to meet one face to face.
No it wouldn’t. I wouldn’t want to see one face to face again. Haha
Love Pepe le Pew- One of my favourite cartoon characters.
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Im laughing and saying oh NO at the same time. Hopefully today all traces of pepe are gone.
Hopefully so…going to work. Don’t want people staring at me for the wrong reasons. 😊
Hahaha awesome post! That was hilarious! Wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of a skunk 😂
I hope you won’t have to either. The smell is awful. 😉
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Hahhaha!!
Oh, what a hoot. Sorry, but I’ve just had the biggest laugh visualising you chasing the dog chasing the skunk. Just like in the cartoons! Hope you can get rid of the smell 🙂
I thought it was funny myself! Had to share.
Glad you did!