by "RPM esq." (rpm3)
Published 08/10/2017 at 02:34
by "RPM esq." (rpm3)
Published 08/10/2017 at 02:34
Tags: doggo
; Dog
STARS: 1
I’m on vacation at a lake house, and wanted to tell the tale of a stressful evening... one of my dogs killed a skunk and got sprayed square in the face for her trouble; the other tried to help and thankfully avoided the spray but found it terrifying. I knew there were skunks around but we hadn’t seen any and were all relaxing by the lake looking at the moon on the water, leashes in hand, when my older dog scented a skunk farther along the beach and took off so fast she pulled both leashes out of my hand. By the time I caught up to her the skunk was dead and she was rubbing her face in the gravel and foaming at the mouth, and the puppy who followed her was howling.
After several dunkings in the lake to clear her eyes and nose, a scrub with hydrogen peroxide and dish soap, and a shower and shampoo for both of us, my cabin smells only REALLY FUCKING BAD, not completely nauseating, and the dogs are somehow calm and going to sleep.
On the plus side, earlier today I had a really nice sail on the lake and got my kid a car, so it wasn’t all bad. Expect my “I bought a thing” post tomorrow, assuming I spend the night sleeping rather than vomiting.
Yesterday, I got stung a couple times by a wasp. Last year on the first morning at the same place, I got bitten by the neighbor’s dog badly enough to spend half my first day of vacation at the hospital and the next two months with about 3/4 of a left hand, in terms of functionality. Maybe I’ll just stay in fancy hotels in Europe for the rest of my life’s vacations.
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
08/10/2017 at 02:55, STARS: 3
Well. You’ve learned something. One only hopes for your sake that your dogs have too.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
08/10/2017 at 04:47, STARS: 2
maybe a new holiday location is needed
"Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
08/10/2017 at 06:47, STARS: 2
While not likely an issue, it may be worth it to contact your vet. They may want to check her out and possibly give a rabies booster
"Sovande" (sovande)
08/10/2017 at 08:22, STARS: 2
Maybe don’t take the dogs on vacation.
"Arrivederci" (arrividerci)
08/10/2017 at 08:34, STARS: 1
Agree - probably only needs a phone call, they can look up when your dog last has its rabies shot. If it’s due soon, you may want to go ahead and do so preemptively.
"Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo" (akioohtori)
08/10/2017 at 09:39, STARS: 0
That one. I love my pups, but since I stopped taking them camping I suddenly started enjoying camping. (This was after the “little” dog, after being let out of the tent to pee but got distracted, made a concerned face and unleashed an involuntary torrent of pee all over everything in the tent.)