The weather remains a mix of all seasons. On Friday, we had a warm day that hardly required a sweater. Today, it feels like February again and there may be a rainy snow mix at the start of the work week. The high winds that have been wreaking havoc around us the last couple of days toppled our nation's live Christmas Tree. It had stood on the Ellipse since 1978, and had been through five different presidencies in its time. Thankfully here, we've not lost our power and had no damage to any of our trees, other than a few small branches.
This morning, it was our cat, CC's turn to go to the vet. She was one year past her yearly exam and needed a rabies vaccine. My thought to get her to the vet was put on the front burner when a couple of nights ago, she was outside growling at something. This afternoon, I did spot this visitor. Although it's February and it's a skunks-month for finding romance, I'm hopeful that it will want to be alone and not stay around--As you know, nothing says I want to be alone quite like an atomized sulfur cloud does! 
The dogs however don't know that. They are still rolling on the exact spot where the dead mole was picked up 3 days ago. Given the choice of their rolling on the spot where there was a mole or meeting the skunk, it's an easy choice to make--At least for me! 
I have to smile at the dog still rolling around and just hope none of them will encounter the smelly critter. Have a nice evening.--Inger
ReplyDeleteThis post reminded me of the times my sister would leave her dog out to pee and she'd come back in smelling of skunk. It was ugly. Thank goodness your dogs are into the dead mole. REALLY!!
ReplyDeleteI find it sad that skunks are such a nuisance because they really are quite cute!! Oh, the rolling in the stench. What is it with that? Yuck! If they can find something really smelly to roll in they are happy for weeks. :)
ReplyDeleteHave a great rest of the weekend.
Staci
so understand your choice! our grandpuppy was 'skunked' twice last year. Not pleasant for her or us!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have Spring...we are still blanketed in snow!
Oh dear. The skunk that close to your area is not good - not with all your doggies (and kitty!) Yeah, I don't even want to know some of the things the pups roll in around here. It always makes me think of the little kids' taunt "Smell you later!" :)
ReplyDeleteYou are a dog expert so I am going to ask you a question. WHY do dogs roll in everything that has a horrible smell?
ReplyDeleteRight now it is so nasty outside! Whiteouts and winds. Hope that skunk does not get too close with his perfume!
ReplyDeletethere is nothing worse than getting sprayed by a skunk! good thing they prefer mole smell!
ReplyDeletexoxo
PePe has been around quite a bit at night, I have to smell outside, before I let the dogs out. One time I let them out and then I caught a whiff of Ode de Phew and I sure did some scrambling and bribing them to come back in, with doggy bones.
ReplyDeleteNo Winter isn't done with us yet, I am sorry to say.
Oooh my, I hope that your dogs don't meet the skunk. I've discovered that Nature's Miracle skunk remover actually works pretty well. Where we used to live on the west coast, our dogs got skunked regularly. So, we have a BIG bottle that we keep around.
ReplyDeleteWe're having similarly crazy weather but tomorrow is supposed to be winter again. That's fine with me!
So funny! The pic of you pooch is too much! I hate when letting the dogs out you have to worrying about skunks...though for us has always been in the summer. Once our house stunk for a week after one of our dogs met his match...lol!
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting tonight! I just came over from Tammy's (Fairlight Farm) and was crying SO hard.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the smiles!
I hope the skunk moves on!!!
You're 100% right. Better the smell of a dead mole than ...
ReplyDeleteOOH, fancy having skunks around you! It's wet & miserable & cold & skunky here too, want some sunshine now! xxx
ReplyDeleteDillon has been rolling in dead things too ! He knows EXACTLY where they all are.
ReplyDeleteWe had the high winds too. No damage here but my hubby's co-worker had a tree go down, brush the side of their house and kill their patio grill and furniture.
ReplyDeleteAs for skunks, we've been lucky in the three years we have been here and had none, just hope it stays that way... LOL
Di
Dogs idea of perfume...yuck!
ReplyDeleteit is breeding season for a lot critters now. didn't know that about skunks! there was a weird noise the other night and i still can't pinpoint who it was from but just chalked it up to someone in heat and calling for a mate. that is one thing i do not like about dogs, the need to roll in weird gross stuff....blah...
ReplyDeleteLady never brought any "rolling in dead things baggage" from her past life. She hardly ever gives corpses a glance. She is much too interested in Pee Mail. Hope Mr. Skunk finds a new mating area. They shoot stank and carry rabies....an undesirable one-two punch.
ReplyDeleteI read about the tree on the internet -- that's kinda sad. I guess nothing lasts forever... :(
ReplyDeleteIt made it all the way to 71 degrees on day this week. Today it's gray, windy and cold again. Winter is back. We had an unfortunate encounter with a skunk in our back yard early one morning. Four dogs were lightly scented and one, Bailey, got it straight on. It took weeks to get rid of the odor. I hope the skunks detour around our yard this year.
ReplyDeleteUGH!!! I remember once I lived in the country and was running; training for marathon and I stopped in my shoes when a Mama skunk strutted in front of me with her babies...oh my gosh, thankfully I turned on a dime and ran for my life leaving her behind...NOT what I ever want to encounter~
ReplyDeleteOh I hadn’t heard about the Christmas Tree--that is so sad. Wind is scary to me--you never know what can happen. Don’t ya just love the smell of dogs rolling in dead animal? We call it Kyarn in our neck of the woods but I think the word is really carrion? Yuck :)
ReplyDeleteWe have a skunk around here every so often too!! We have been so lucky that we have never been sprayed!! We see maybe 3 or 4 a year and no one has ever showed any fear, us to them or them to us!! I guess we have been lucky!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit !!
XX, Bambi & Fern
So disgusting when they do that. Our Sophie aka "The little Nazi" takes great pride in her rolling techniques. I remember one such day resulting in four baths.
ReplyDeleteOh that skunk smell is horrific isn't it? But gosh who could ever have thought such a cute little critter could stink so bad!!! :)
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
dogs will find the stinkiest places to roll into won't they!!
ReplyDeleteGill in Canada
Have had quite a few 'almost' rolls around here! Goose poop is a favorite.....and when you have driven to the park, and forgotten an extra towell... Youza! :)
ReplyDeleteHave a nice week!
Sweet hugs,
Sierra Rose
Holy Jumpin's..skunk mania makes us doggys go weirdo...what is it anyway? My dads have been so lucky not to have to deal with me and a skunk...knock on wood....We see road kill a lot but none coming on the property to sniff around.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember how I found your site...but what a happy blog. I love all your dogs. I was scanning down a ways and saw a picture with Carrie Anne on it...kind of looks like the dog we rescued last year...Molly. She's part Golden Retriever/part Chow. I so wish we had more land I would probably rescue many others. I have found quite a few that look like our Molly...dogs are such a joy.
ReplyDeleteThose skunks sure do stink. We have some come though our yard somethimes at night and you know they have been there.
ReplyDeleteI hope your weather improves. Here in NC we are having spring flowers blooming, but expect a lot more cold weather before winter ends.
Oh, yeah, MOLE better than SKUNK ANY DAY!!! We've had our share of skunk encounters - NOT FUN!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Road Dogs' Mom
Hi Kim
ReplyDeleteGee,, I thought I left a comment on this one,,, well,, here we are again,,,
my mom is telling me that I better not find anything stinky to roll in,, or I might not be sleeping with her.
Moms just don't understand ,, how we like to smell like certain kind of vaporized animals.
Did you take that photo of the skunky
love
tweedles