Animals
- I Wish I Had A Dollar For Every Time I Posted This Story....
You may remember me telling you last week that Annie-Oakley got skunked.Well, one week later it has happened again...only, this time it was only Oakley. For some reason, yesterday morning Oakley left Annie at home and went on a mission.I think he decided...
- Maryann....looking For Spring
The snow is still with us,although much of it melted last week...during our "intermission" from winter. Intermission is over, however and we are in the second act.We have jumped right back into another polar plunge. Here is what MaryAnn has to say about...
- Is It Too Much To Ask?
You would think that by taking such good care of your animals...spending countless hours each day providing for them...keeping their welfare in the forefront of all that you do.... that for the small fraction of time that you ask them to cooperate,they...
- Building A Salad Table And More Tales From The Skunk Woods
As promised,I thought I would share a little info with youabout how Hubbs built our salad table. Our garden is by the barn, which is quite a ways from our house,so I thought that having a specific container in which to growour salad greens would be a...
- Oakley Le Pew
Here is the picture of innocence...exhaustion, enervation, fatigue, ....sleeping there....neat and clean in their own beds.What could be sweeter than two boys, peacefully slumbering? Ah, if only what led up to this picture was half as peaceful! Well,...
Animals
You'd Think They'd Learn!
It's been coming for some time now.
Yes, Sammy is back in his "bad boy" collar again.
On occasion, Sammy turns a deaf ear on us and stops listening.
He stays out late...goodness knows where he goes,
and usually he comes home wreaking.
Friday night (before Saturday's early departure for the Penn State game)
Sammy came home after an hour of us calling, calling, calling...
at midnight.
"Tap-tap-tap" we heard at the back door.
As the door opened, our senses were assaulted by the intensely acrid
stench of skunk.
Apparently, Sam had tangled with a skunk.
I have no idea what shape the skunk was in at the end of this,
but I am pretty sure he unloaded all of his stink glands right onto Sammy...
direct hit in the face and chest and shoulders.
Hubbs grabbed our skunk kit and headed for the shower with Sammy in tow.
Hence....Sammy is wearing his "pager", so I can call him when he needs to come home.
These lovely autumn days we have been hiking our woods
checking our "No Trespassing" signs.
It's something we do each autumn right before hunting season
to keep hunters out of our woods.
Hiking the woods is one of the dog's favorite activities.
Sadly, Maddie is too arthritic to come along, so we take a short walk with her first...
and then head out with just the boy dogs.
They love to run through the woods with their noses to the ground,
following the scents of critters.
Having Sammy's "pager" on him helps to get them back to us without hassle.
You will be happy to know that I only "beep" him and he comes...
no need for a shock.
He's a smart boy...
just having the collar on automatically makes him behave.
In case you are interested in the contents of our skunk kit...
Tecnu
hydrogen peroxide
baking soda
dish detergent
baby shampoo
First we spread a handful of Tecnu on the dog (dry) in the area he was sprayed.
Then we mix a quarter cup of baking soda with a liter of peroxide and a tsp. of dish detergent.
We use this to bathe the dog...covering him with the entire amount.
Lather all of that into his fur.
Rinse.
Repeat the bathing if necessary.
Then wash entire dog with baby shampoo and rinse.
This routine always works for us...
and believe me this is a 2 - 4 times per spring and fall routine!
*Tecnu is a skin cleaner made to use after poison ivy exposure, or radiation exposure, etc.
We have found that it helps to break down the skunk spray.
Even without the Tecnu, the above concoction works quite well.
- I Wish I Had A Dollar For Every Time I Posted This Story....
You may remember me telling you last week that Annie-Oakley got skunked.Well, one week later it has happened again...only, this time it was only Oakley. For some reason, yesterday morning Oakley left Annie at home and went on a mission.I think he decided...
- Maryann....looking For Spring
The snow is still with us,although much of it melted last week...during our "intermission" from winter. Intermission is over, however and we are in the second act.We have jumped right back into another polar plunge. Here is what MaryAnn has to say about...
- Is It Too Much To Ask?
You would think that by taking such good care of your animals...spending countless hours each day providing for them...keeping their welfare in the forefront of all that you do.... that for the small fraction of time that you ask them to cooperate,they...
- Building A Salad Table And More Tales From The Skunk Woods
As promised,I thought I would share a little info with youabout how Hubbs built our salad table. Our garden is by the barn, which is quite a ways from our house,so I thought that having a specific container in which to growour salad greens would be a...
- Oakley Le Pew
Here is the picture of innocence...exhaustion, enervation, fatigue, ....sleeping there....neat and clean in their own beds.What could be sweeter than two boys, peacefully slumbering? Ah, if only what led up to this picture was half as peaceful! Well,...