Arghhh

Tuesday morning, it was still dark, and I was still in my sweet dreams, when I was hit by a strong odor that's like the strongest burned coffee. I continued my sleep believing it was just burned coffee. I got up 20 minutes later, and found yellow PostIts on my computer screen and the kitchen door. Oh, notes from Jack in the morning? That's the first. My pleasure was short lived and instantly replaced by slight annoyance, as the PostIts read: "Jake/Amy got hit by skunk. Don't let them in." Oh great.

I had my almond butter jelly sandwich and coffee, then started to join an early call.

After my morning meeting, I called a local mobile pet groomer to see if anyone could come to bath my dogs. I left them an urgent message. After an hour nobody called back so I took matters in my own hands. Why not? They are my dogs, so it's my job.

I searched the internet for de-skunk methods, and found a useful link from the humane society.  http://m.humanesociety.org/animals/dogs/tips/de-skunking_dog.html.

After reporting the incident to my team, I went shopping for a quart of hydrogen peroxide and two quarts of tomato juice as a backup. While waiting in line to pay at the cashier, I could smell the skunk on myself. Arghhh ... I rushed out of the shop and head back home.

When I got home, I let the dogs out in the yard. I mixed the hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soup together in a bucket. I put a leash around a tree branch, and hook it up with Jake. I wet a towel with the solution, and bath Jake with it. Jake stood there and let me do what was needed, and I was slightly surprised how well behave he was, since he usually wasn't fond of baths. After rising off the de-skunk solution, I bath Jake with the "all natural" dog shampoo. Jake was very happy when I was done with him, and he rolled around in the green grass to muddy himself up! I then bathed Amy, who normally was very good a taking a bath.

After I was done with both of them, I let them played in the yard for a while, and they seemed especially cheerful.

Then I sprayed the house with air freshener, lit some candles and open all the windows to let the air out. Finally, I took a shower before I went back to work ... 3 hours later.