Wednesday, July 16, 2008

What is that smell?

What is that smell?
That smell is SKUNK. Ah yes, at 5:30AM my bad boy puppy stuck his head in a moving bush and got his face sprayed. Now to make this story worse my bad boy husband who must have had his common sense melted by the smell lets the dog in the house and of course the puppy jumps right into my lap. WTF is the only phrase that fit the moment. When I stopped gagging, I stripped off my clothes, and got online to find out what to do. The first remedy called for tomato juice which of course I didn't have because why would I have it when I need it. The next remedy I found I had all the ingredients so away I went making it. So just to give you a visual there is my husband who is stripped down to his briefs, me stripped down to my panties and the dog all standing to the tub together. After we coated him with the paste I made we had to keep him from doing the doggy shake for 5 minutes before we could start rinsing him off and then shampooing him two more times. I believe that the smell may be burned into my naval cavity because I have been smelling it all day. Can you believe that after all that I still made it to work by 7:30am. I know my Jeep can't go the speed of light but I believe my guardian angel helped me safely fly there. Yes, I stopped at the store on my way home and purchased two bottles of tomato juice. Yes, my little puppy still smells but not as bad but just bad enough that the cat keeps stalking him. Can anyone beat that for a crazy Wednesday morning?

PS - Just a FYI if your puppy is white and gets sprayed by a skunk you can at least see it some because its kind of yellowish. Did you know skunk spray is yellowish cause you do now?

1 comment:

Shayne said...

I remember watching an episode of the Partridge Family where they got sprayed by a skunk and they also used tomato juice. I guess that is a real solution.

I'm curious, did the tomato soup turn your puppy red? I can't imagine that he enjoyed the soup bath all that much, either.

Well, like everything else, at least you know one day you'll look back and have a big laugh about it (once you finally stop crying!)