FUCKTY FUCK FUCKING FUCK! (skunked)

[Lissa]

@Swallowed My Cellphone

Skunks are pretty smart, they don’t usually spray for no reason. My former landlord used to sit on his stoop to smoke at the same time every night, and every night a younger skunk would toddle by, stop and come up to sniff his shoes, look at him, and then keep toddling. My landlord would sometimes cough or, just to be an ass, would go “PSSSST!” loudly and startle the little guy. He was never sprayed. The skunk never thought of him as a threat.

Some people keep them as pets once their “stink gland” has been removed. From all accounts, they’re much like cats as domestic pets.

@kambuckta

What does skunk actually smell like?

Bad beer, bus exhaust, burning rubber, rancid shoes, body odor, shit and musk rolled into one. As slortar said, it’s not necessarily the foulness of the odor but the astonishingly powerful wallop it packs. To paraphrase the way Stephen King once described an odor: “It’s the sort of smell which melts your nostrils and causes your asshole to seal itself in outrage.”

[Harmonious_Discord]

@Kalhoun

Will groomers do this nasty job for you? God…what an evil odor. My dad has been FEEDING a “cute” skunk that’s been hanging out in his yard. I’m done talking to him. When it happens, all he’s gonna get is an “I told you so” from me.

Do skunks spray more when they’re in season? I’m thinking he’ll need to avoid it at all costs if they’re in heat.

I have to say that skunks are one of the critter’s that infect people with rabies. A farmer woman was bitten by a skunk in her chicken coop, just down the road from my grandpa’s farm. She got shots, because the dead skunk had rabies.

[Molly_Polly]

This is the problem with dogs.

[newcrasher]

@Archergal

Of course someone needs to say that your dog probably shouldn’t be running unsupervised on property unless it’s fenced in.

Right.

:rolleyes:

People who live on 30 acres in the middle of nowhere never let their dogs out so they can sleep under the porch or chase rabbits.

[kushiel]

@Malthus

Here in Ontario, the biggest animal threat to free-ranging dogs is not skunks (which just make 'em smell bad) but porcupines, which can inflict truely gruesome wounds on them.

Yeah - I’m waiting for the time the OP’s dog comes home with porcupine quills all over her snout.

[BrainGlutton]

[hijack]

Has anyone else ever noticed how hard it is to describe a smell except by comparing it to a more familiar smell? The English language has a very limited smell-vocabulary. I wonder if any other languages have a better one.

[/hijack]

[Rysdad]

@VunderBob

…hands down the worst thing I’ve smelled in my life is burning pig manure.

Also known as…Indiana. Ever drive through rural Indiana early on a hot summer morning after an overnight rain? The smell is damn near visible.

Re: skunk

Back in, I think, 7th grade, one of the guys had a .22 derringer–a weapon not known for pinpoint accuracy. We were down at the Mississippi River bottoms when a skunk chanced to pass by.

Brad fired…and missed. The skunk fired…bullseye!

Brad didn’t get to sleep in the tent that night.

[Archergal]

@newcrasher

People who live on 30 acres in the middle of nowhere never let their dogs out so they can sleep under the porch or chase rabbits.

I wouldn’t. But I know there’s lots of things that dogs can get into besides skunks that I don’t want them getting into.

The way I show my care for my dogs is to keep an eye on them. Your way may differ.

[Ruby]

@kambuckta

What does skunk actually smell like?

Bad. Real bad.

And one of the most unbelievable things is the intensity of the odor. In the country, you can smell a dead skunk for a mile. Whom (what) ever created skunks had a wicked sense of humor.

[newcrasher]

@Archergal

I wouldn’t. But I know there’s lots of things that dogs can get into besides skunks that I don’t want them getting into.

The way I show my care for my dogs is to keep an eye on them. Your way may differ.

Oh fuck off. Don’t insinuate you care for your dog more than I care for mine because I let mine run around outside for a time without babysitting her.

Your dog is a pussy.

[DrDeth]

@newcrasher

Oh fuck off. Don’t insinuate you care for your dog more than I care for mine because I let mine run around outside for a time without babysitting her.

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Well, he does. Your dog can meet far worse things than a skunk. Like a truck. Idiot.

[Ammonium_Nitrate]

DrDeth, the way I read the OP is that the dog is in a fenced area, so a truck seems fairly unlikely.

Depending on where the OP is, porcupine is definitely a concern, as should be any rabid animal, but not so much with the truck.

[gonzomax]

My beagle got a face full of skunk. I gave her a bath every 2 days for a month. When ever she got wet the smell came back. Thorough drying helped. Still it will linger.There are a lot of home remediies on the internets. Tomato juice ,peroxide worked ok but it will still take time.

[TheLoadedDog]

The joys of the American countryside, eh?

I think I’ll stick with the poisonous things…

[Archergal]

@Ammonium Nitrate

DrDeth, the way I read the OP is that the dog is in a fenced area, so a truck seems fairly unlikely.

Depending on where the OP is, porcupine is definitely a concern, as should be any rabid animal, but not so much with the truck.

I don’t see any mention of a fence in the OP. Just 30 acres of land for the dog to run in.

My dog’s not a pussy – I’M a pussy. I don’t want anything to happen to my dogs ( have 3) while they’re out of my sight. I don’t want them finding porcupines, skunks, other dogs or vehicles. I’ve had animals killed by vehicles before, and that’s not going to happen again if I have any say in the matter. I also don’t want to deal with skunks or have to quarantine my animals because they’ve been bitten by something wild that may or may not be rabid.

YMMV.

[Ogre]

I can’t immediately remember if Australia has porcupines or some similarly-evolved mammal, but just for you Aussies, here is a frequently circulated pic of what a porcupine can do to an overly-curious dog.

WARNING - may be disturbing

[DrDeth]

@Ammonium Nitrate

Depending on where the OP is, porcupine is definitely a concern, as should be any rabid animal, but not so much with the truck.

Not to mention Cougars. They took a dog from some friend’s ranch. And, the dog was fenced in.

[Ruby]

@Ogre

I can’t immediately remember if Australia has porcupines or some similarly-evolved mammal, but just for you Aussies, here is a frequently circulated pic of what a porcupine can do to an overly-curious dog.

WARNING - may be disturbing

Possible stupid question and hijack warning…

How in the sam hell did a dog get involved with a porcupine so that he has quills sticking out of his entire head? Was this some dreaded 360[sup]o[/sup] porcupine?

[Ogre]

Pit Bull. Genetically programmed to be extremely determined.

[Ammonium_Nitrate]

@Archergal

I don’t see any mention of a fence in the OP. Just 30 acres of land for the dog to run in.

Fair enough - I misread the OP, then. And I don’t disagree with the rest of your post.