[nagdu] Skunk!

Nicole Torcolini ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Wed Jul 16 03:55:04 UTC 2014


They're probably just like most of the other critters . The humans moved in
and took away their natural habit and food, and we wonder why they come
bother us... So, any place that could be a shelter or food source for any
type of wild animal, stay away.

Nicole

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Raven Tolliver
via nagdu
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 11:46 AM
To: Tami Jarvis; NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Skunk!

A good thing to know about skunks is that they're nocturnal. A park time
after roughly 11-11:30pm could align the stars for a skunking, especially if
there are bushes or other hiding places around for creatures. I think I also
read somewhere that skunks like to hang around garbage cans and dumpsters
too.

On 7/15/14, Tami Jarvis via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Yikes, indeed! Since we came back to eastern Oregon, I have developed 
> a chronic worry that my guide dog will be skunked when I need to use 
> her to go somewhere. I always heard of the tomato juice treatment and 
> that it didn't get the smell out without numerous treatments and a few
days.
> Sounds like vinegar would be enough to be able to use the guide within 
> a mile of people. /smile/ I'll remember that one! And hope I don't 
> need it. /lol/
>
> Glad you're still good to go, Tracy! Guess you don't need to be rural 
> to get skunked.
>
> Tami
>
> On 07/15/2014 07:02 AM, Cindy Ray via nagdu wrote:
>> Ah, fun. That happened to Chuck's dog, King. Tomato juice may work 
>> better, but I found that the smell didn't clear go away for a good while.
YIKES!
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:59 AM, Tracy Carcione via nagdu 
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I took Benny for his last outing last night, and he peed and was 
>>> sniffing around some more.  He went by some bushes, and I heard feet 
>>> scraping, then Ben turned around and rushed for the house.  I 
>>> thought he'd finished and was rushing to get out of the rain, but, 
>>> when I got in the house, I smelled the intense skunk.  I guess the 
>>> feet scraping must have been Skunky's feet.
>>> The internet said I could clean him with vinegar and water, then 
>>> rinse, so I took him back out, away from the skunk, used the vinegar 
>>> and water, and hosed him down.  He was not happy, but it did get 
>>> enough of the skunk out so we could get on the bus and come to work 
>>> this morning.  There's still a bit of a stink, but only close up, 
>>> and not all the time, for some reason.
>>> Echo got skunked too, a long time ago.  I remember feeling oiliness 
>>> on her fur, but I didn't feel any on Ben's.  It made it harder to 
>>> figure out where he needed cleaning most.
>>> Anyway, that was our late-night adventure.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
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