Frogs, Cows, and Skunks

Also known as life in the country.

Yes, I know it's been awhile since the last post. Life has been pulling us in other directions and the blog took back burner. Sorry to all of our devoted readers. Hopefully this will make up for it.

Part of living in the country is dealing with critters. We have had a herd of cows through the yard (and still have the hoof prints to prove it). I have also battled a tiny frog that could jump 3 ft off the ground getting into the house. Imagine me home alone, 11:00 pm, trying to get the frog out of the house and the stubborn dog inside for the night. Be sure to ask me sometime for the whole story.

This takes me to Friday night at 11:30. We had just let Woody outside before bed. Little did we know he would make a new friend....you guessed it......a skunk. We didn't realize it until he came running into and around the house. PHEWWW!! We immediately put him outside and googled "How to Deskunk a Dog". We read up and proceeded to bring him in for a bath in the bathtub. You all may remember how well that goes. Afterward he smelled somewhat better so we went to bed.

Waking up on Saturday, we knew we had to do more. We mixed up a home remedy to bath him and it didn't work. So we left him outside and ran to Petsmart for some miracle organic deskunker. We bought two bottles (so we have one on hand in the event we need it again). After two baths with that he smells better....not great but better. We are hoping that the remaining stench wears off soon and that he learned a great lesson. Odds are probably not!