Skunks Away!

Last night Drew was about to take Sadie for her evening walk around 11:30, just before he goes to bed. But he is in for a surprise this night, because a sneaky neighborhood kitty skunk has decided to forage right outside our front door. Sadie is the first to notice what an exciting night she has in store, and takes off after Mr. Skunk before Drew even knew the furry little animal was out there. Within seconds the chase is over, with the skunk as the clear winner in this battle of primal tag. And Sadie is the loser, the loser with a stinky face and a mouth full of skunk stink.

By Drew's account (I was already in bed and falling asleep), Sadie was sprayed pretty much dead on in the face, getting skunk I-don't-want-to-know-what in her nose, mouth, and down her neck. For Sadie the worst was her nose and mouth. She kept shaking her head, sticking her tongue out, and I think Drew said her mouth was even foaming (again, I was mostly asleep). Poor girl even threw up a few times, I'm guessing she ended up swallowing some of the stuff (yuck!).

After two baths she was still so stinky that whatever room she was in immediately got too stinky to tolerate, so she had to sleep outside. And since we weren't sure if it was going to rain or not Drew built this impromptu "shelter" for her made of our folding card table and some plastic. She did surprisingly well outside, with seemly no anxiety issues (no torn up screen doors, for example). She even had some dinner (again) before going to bed.