Gag! At 12:40 a.m. I was walking Bella through the cool darkness along Portola Way in Curtis Park. I didn't see the skunk hiding four feet away in the lawn next to the sidewalk. Bella, with her six foot leash and magnificent nose, the crowning achievement of 30 million years of canine evolution, found the skunk with no problem, and got hammered right in the face. It's going to be a long, long week.....
E.: MMMMMAAAARRRRRCCC! You smell like a skunk!
M.: I'll take my clothes off. This Internet recipe says to mix hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dishwashing liquid. Do we have baking soda?
E.: Ummm.... Hmmm.... Oh, over here. But we don't have hydrogen peroxide.
M.: I'll use Clorox II.
E.: Use tomato sauce! And since you are using dishwashing soap you need to use fabric softener!
M.: I'll use anything, if it works....
[UPDATE: I've given Bella the first of what will likely be several washes (a mixture of water, Joy dishwashing soap, store-brand bleach in the manner of Clorox 2 containing hydrogen peroxide, and baking soda). What may be of help is, based on all her lip-smacking and tongue-rolling, that I think Bella caught most of the spray directly in her mouth, with less on her fur. She is so accustomed to sleeping near me; she is bewildered by the sudden outdoors exile.]
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