Answers to the questions posed in the post below:
1) Lola has her appointment to be spayed in two weeks. (I won that "argument.") We are still "discussing" having Ginger spayed. Stay tuned for that decision. June Bug was spayed when she was young. So, there is still a chance there will be baby Boxers here next year...
2) Identification:
Top Photo. L-R:
BooBoo (neighbor who escaped from across the street)
June Bug
BJ (neighbor who escaped from across the street)
Lola Cherry Cola
Ginger aka: GingaBoo
Bottom Photo L-R:
GingaBoo
Lola
June Bug
BJ
Boo Boo
3) And now for today's post...with a bit of a preface. You may remember when Pepe Le Pew hijacked my blog. Because this happened. Here's a visual aid for you.
There was "discussion" about replacing the lattice work around the deck so that no animals could get under the deck. That's all there was...discussion. No actual installation.
Let it be known that every close encounter of the third skunk kind happened when AnodeMan was away from home.
Then there was the time we came home from a trip, and our house/dog sitter met us at the driveway very distraught. The conversation went something like this:
Sitter: There's good news and bad news.
Us: What's the good news?
Sitter: The dogs (Bubba & Bug) didn't get sprayed by the skunk. (That had been under the deck because the lattice work had not been replaced.)
Us: What's the bad news?
Sitter: They killed the skunk.
Us: What' the good news?
Sitter: There's no more good news...the bad news is that they dragged the skunk into the house...the bad news is that they dragged it upstairs...the bad news is they dragged it back downstairs and it's by the refrigerator...
Us Me to AnodeMan: I told you to replace the lattice work.
AnodeMan: You know that I have to leave early in the morning on a job?
Me: (Can't repeat that here. )
Fast forward to Tuesday.
It was 5:00 in the morning and I was dreaming that someone was cooking skunk cabbage in my house. When I awoke, I came to the realization that there could possibly be a skunk in my house ! I found AnodeMan outside hosing down June Bug who was slobbering and sneezing. He had already used a gallon of Clamato on her. (Clamato, tomato juice, etc. does NOT work.) He then informed me that he was late and needed to leave. So, he did.
Little did I know that the skunk was still under the deck. The same deck that still had no lattice work around it.
The skunk continued to spray all day as regularly as Old Faithful spews.
June Bug received baths in Dawn, hydrogen peroxide, and soda. She would dry and then was drenched in Scope mouthwash. She would dry and then had Young Living Essential Purification Oil rubbed on her. Repeat.
In less than 2 hours after the spraying, lattice work had been installed around the deck except for a small space for Mr. Skunk to escape. Funny how things like that get done when someone else has to deal with skunk perfume.
AnodeMan 's job required an overnight stay. How convenient !
Mr. Skunk left sometime during the night, but not before he had thoroughly perfumed everything within reach. It was so strong, the neighbor's across the street could smell what was going on here. The last piece of lattice work was installed.
If only you could scratch-and-sniff your computer screen.
June Stink Bug. Look at the camera.
(Just for your information, that product pictured there does NOT work.)
June Stink Bug. Open your eyes.
If you concentrate hard enough, I'm sure you can smell her.
