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Post by oliverman on Mar 13, 2016 23:09:07 GMT -5
Last week I noticed something had been digging under the back steps to the house. Figured a woodchuck had moved in. Let Clyde dig around to drop the hint that it was an unsafe place. A few days later, my son piled some good sized rocks in the hole. Today I noticed that whatever it was had dug around the rocks. Clyde set to work trying to dig it out again. Sure seemed unlikely that he would dig a woodchuck out, but I figured it might discourage the critter further. Soon a rather pungent "smoke" began emanating from the hole. That just encouraged Clyde in his endeavor and he dug all the faster. A minute or two later, he pulled a skunk out by the tail, stinking mist spraying everywhere. I was a good distance away and the smell was awful. That dog was undeterred. This is the fourth time he has taken a direct hit from a skunk, and the second time he proudly presented me with a dead skunk chew toy. Good thing he has a barn to sleep in, cause he ain't welcome in the house for a few days at least.
I should note that I really actually like skunks if they stay in the fields. Kinda cute and they don't cause much mischief there. Not so welcome in the yard and henhouse though.
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 14, 2016 11:04:08 GMT -5
Phewwww.
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Post by oliverman on Mar 14, 2016 12:49:46 GMT -5
Smell isn't too bad today. Probably helps that he is a smooth coat BC.
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Post by Mumsey on Mar 16, 2016 3:30:44 GMT -5
Good thing he doesn't sleep in the house! We had dogs regularly sprayed when we lived in the country. One day at 1:00 in the afternoon, I opened the back door to go to work, there was a skunk right there! Acting weird and wobbling around. No doubt sick or rabid. Called a neighbor to come take care of it.
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Post by ecsoehng on Jul 20, 2016 16:02:43 GMT -5
Lord I hate when my collie gets sprayed. Takes 2 weeks to get it out of all that fur.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Jul 21, 2016 5:35:09 GMT -5
There is a preparation at Petco or Petsmart that can instantly take away the odor, for some reason I am thinking Skunk Away, it's a liquid. I was told about it years ago when a extreme skunk perfume lay at my back door. The way I figure it that I had left the back door open when I went to bed one night and a skunk was searching around or just walking by when my cat charged the back door and scared it. That odor permeated the back of the house wicked.
So I tried this preparation and it worked phenomenally. I thought that odor was going to be around for days. But I don't know if it is something that can go onto skin or not (or fur). All's I can say is that the stuff worked.
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Post by James on Nov 1, 2016 11:30:29 GMT -5
Ya, skunks are interesting. I had one come in the garage to feed on the cats food. Then it decided to stick around and went behind one cabinet and called that home. ( The garage foundation is 8 inches wide, the wall only takes up 4 inches of it. Since the foundation sticks up about 15 inches from the floor, when you put a tall cabinet up against the wall, there is this 4 inch space behind the cabinet above the cement foundation. )
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Post by amanda on Jan 3, 2017 0:03:03 GMT -5
I am not that big a fan of skunks. It would take weeks for the smell to go.
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