OMG!

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2:53 am here and just spent an hour dealing with dogs that got sprayed by a skunk! I was not equipped to deal with this…what a mess. Internet says to combine oxygen peroxide, soap and baking powder but I had no big wash tub, it is pitch black and of course dogs were not inclined to let me catch them. Yard and doggie domain smell like skunk, I smell like skunk. Used doggie treats to lure them and at first just got in pool in my nightgown with Zoe and dunked her and tried to scrub her face off.. Of course she ran like greased lightning the minute she got out of pool. Then I went in and mixed the concoction..rubbed it on each of their faces but of course they didn’t cooperate. I couldn’t really rinse it off well…then dried them off sorta with a good towel.  Really only dealt with their faces which seemed the smelliest. I’ve always been afraid of this happening and usually bring them in when I smell skunk but this time I didn’t smell it until they had already engaged.

Always a new thrill. I have students coming in 5 ½ hours for their English lessons. Need I say I’m not in the mood? I have the air purifier on thinking of sleeping in gloves so I can’t smell my hands.

I thought I knew how to say skunk in Spanish, but the internet says “mofeta” which doesn’t sound familiar at all. OK off in search of gloves and perhaps something menthol to put under my nose.

Now, to read the rest of the story, go HERE.

Thanks to Bryan Padron for the image.

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34 thoughts on “OMG!”

  1. derrickjknight's avatarderrickjknight

    I’ve never smelled a skunk but I have tried to manage counselling sessions with a dead rat in the walls – I had to use the very top of the house. I hope you don’t have to resort to a peg

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Derrick, you are my education in British English..What do you mean when you say you hope I don’t have to resort to a peg? Sorry about your dead rat in the walls. How long did it take it to fade away?

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    2. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      This is uncanny, Annie. How did you happen to mention a mofeta? I blanked out on the Spanish name for skunk and every time I tried to look it up in a translator on either my phone or computer, it said the translation was mofeta. I knew this wasn’t right, but just tried again and it said the same thing. It was the next day when Yolada finally clued me in that it was zorrillo! I never did mention the word mofeta in my blog, however, so your mentioning it seemed a bit of mental telepathy. Is your AI reading the mind of my AI?

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      1. Annie H's avatarAnnie H

        I like a challenge, even if it was nearly midnight here!

        Mofeta rang a bell and as we don’t have skunks in Europe, I checked it out. This is where common names become confusing, and I had to look at the Scientific names.

        Both Mofeta and Zorillo are Spanish names for Skunk.

        Then I found this: The Spanish word Mofeta for skunk originates in Europe but skunks are not native to Europe. In French is mouefette and in Italian its moffetta. It could be a corruption of the word Italian word muffa which means – mildew, mould, must or mustiness. All of which smell bad, generally.

        Skunks are also called polecats.

        There is a member of the badger/marten family here called a polecat, it is one of the smelliest of that family. And is occasionally referred to as a skunk. Ignore my previous comment about Mofetta being a relative of badgers.

        So, I was confused, especially at midnight when I was thinking of going to bed!

        Once zorillo came up, I thought – that’s it, I’ve heard that one before. I include westerns in my reading material, so that’s where I’d heard it.

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        1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

          Again, you’ve struck a chord. “Polecat” was what my dad called me when I was a baby. Guess why? I have a story about that I’ll try to find and put a link here for you.

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    2. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I’d heard that, but the internet says it is a myth and I couldn’t imagine trying to deal with three tomato-juice covered doggies in addition to the skunk smell. A friend I had lunch with yesterday had a worse story. Turns out he has no sense of smell and so didn’t realize his dog had had an encounter with a skunk and let the dog into the house with the result that the whole house smelled like skunk to anyone else who entered it. What a nightmare.

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    3. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      My internet sources say that is a myth and I had none in the house so was not tempted to use it. Also couldn’t imagine what devastation three dogs coated in tomato juice might cause.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      I had a couple of whiffs of skunk passing by last night but the dogs didn’t leave their room and they passed quickly. The cats always leave a bit of dry catfood in their bowl and I think that may have been what is attracting them. I brought it in last night hoping they will eventually give up looking for it.

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    1. lifelessons's avatarlifelessons Post author

      Years ago I ordered a book from the internet on how to clean everything and Dawn dish soap was one of her magic ingredients. She didn’t mention skunk odor removal, however. And, I didn’t have any. Must buy some.

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  12. Fandango's avatarFandango

    Been there, done that. Years ago, our dog and I got sprayed by a skunk. I had to throw out the clothes I was wearing and the towels I used after taking a shower. It took weeks to finally get the skunk smell out of our dog, and even then, every time it rained, his skunk smell returned for almost a year after the incident.

    Sorry this happened to you, Judy, and to your dogs.

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