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I'm a Gryffindor! What the hell is wrong (and sometimes right)   3/25/2003   Humor up date for those of us with cats and dogs we can only imagin the horror of this! It hasn't happend to me but I was reading this on at http://www.craigslist.org/ in the fourm section and I just had to laugh hope you all enjoy as well. Skunky update < disSanFranchised > 03/25 10:46:01 OK, after many tried methods and several baths, I have come to some conclusions about deskunking a dog: 1) Rinse the dog's eyes well with warm water FIRST. Skunk oil is painful, tho' there is conflicting info as to whether or not it's actually harmful. I used the hose and then saline. 2) Spraying the dog with vinegar/water first helps cut the oil and saves your nostrils for the subsequent steps. Get them really wet with it and then leave it on for 5-10 minutes while you mix up a paste out of baking soda, peroxide and dish soap. 3) The peroxide/baking soda paste madkes a godawful mess, but we did it outside and it's thick enough that you can get spots on the face without worrying that it will get in the dog's eyes. I would do this again. Leave that on for about 10-15 minutes and leave the dog outside to THINK ABOUT WHAT HE DID. (Bad skunk-chasing dog!) 4) Wrap the dog in a towel before you toss him in the bathtub and carry him. Skunk oil gets on everything and you don't really want it on your furniture. 5) Tomato juice does well to cut the oil but makes a godawful mess and discolors a light dog if you leave it on too long. However, the dog enjoys it because it tastes good. This may make it worth your while if you're doing a multi-step process like we did - kind of a palate cleanser for the dog - but I'm not convicned it helped in any way other than giving my dog his daily supply of Vitamin C. 6) Ivory soap mixed with small amounts of citronella oil (1/2 tsp per cup) is a good "final step" on the bathing process for the moment. Cover the smell up with something that will repel ticks. 7) Massengill also seems to help remove lots of the skunk odor. We tried this the following day when he was still skunky in the morning. Don't get "Country Fresh" or "Summer Breeze," just go Extra Cleansing Vinegar & Water. Make your boyfriend go if you're female, as standing at the checkout line with 6 bottles of douche can taint your rep at the supermarket forever. I would have substituted this for the first step of vinegar and water if I'd known about it. Lather, rinse, repeat with the Ivory solution. Cont'd (deskunking is an ordeal) < disSanFranchised > 03/25 10:46:20 8) When you're super tired of bathing the dog, imagine how the dog feels. It might be nice to rub some coconut oil or something into his skin/fur so that he doesn't dry out from all the bathing, if you want to. 9) Baking seems to work better than soaking. Let your dog lay in the sun for the next few weeks (mine needs sunblock). This seems to help the stench dissipate. 10) Pray that your dog has learned his lesson and is not tempted to further investigate the drainpipe where the family of skunks lives. ...brush the dog's teeth. He probably has some of that nasty oil in his mouth. If you don't have pet toothpaste, I guess you can use a baking soda/salt solution like my grandma used to make me use. If the toothbrush smells skunky, throw it away. If you use your boyfriend's toothbrush, throw it away and lie about where it went. Also, wash all towels, clothes, collar, and anything else that came in contact with the dog together and not with other clothes. We added Nature's Miracle to the laundry and it seems to have worked. What about HIS rep? < ha_ha > 03/25 10:47:30 That's what *he* said < disSanFranchised > 03/25 10:51:20 He bought beer with it to detract from the situation. I don't know that it worked. about as good as... < keltoi > 03/25 10:56:07 ...buying a dozen tubes of vagasil to treat a cat with ringworm. i just dead panned the cashier and said "I itch..........a lot". To this day I have no idea how I did that with a straight face. Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3/24/2003   So I was thinking about what I wrote yesterday and here is what I came up with. Sometimes you just have to accept your faults, and one of my faults is that I need to have a reason. I'm not some one who does good or bad just because, there needs to be a purpose no matter how attainable or unattainable it might be. Otherwise I get depressed an unhappy until I find another purpose. I suppose that for some enlightened people life itself and the learning of life might be enough of a purpose, and that is a great purpose no doubt, but for I still need to have something that inspires a certian passion. If I were to get mythical about the sitution, (here we go folks!!!) I would say that JL and I are like two peices that apart make no sense and are little use to anyone, but when put together become a strong force. That we have been doing this countless times is no doubt at all in my mind. Do you know the feeling of being home? That is what I feel when I'm with him. AND guess what I don't really care if I'm weakend in some way by being depenant on him, I don't care, what I have now is better then I've ever had. What will I do when/if he leaves/dies or whatever? I don't know, but I'll just have to worry about that some other time. Monday, March 24, 2003 3/23/2003   My psychologist lady person who is making sure that I'm fit (of sound mind) for this operation that I'm having had some interesting things to say. She said that I'm most dangerous to myself when I'm silent. In other words I'm most self-destructive when I will not speak up for myself. I had to take a step back from that because I think that it has been true in the past, but not so much now. Maybe b/c I'm not self-destructive any longer...... Still I got what she meant. I hate to say it but a big part of why I'm not self-destructive is my relationship w/ JL. Then I start thinking how healthy is it that much of my mental health depends on someone else? Yet I can't deny that is the way it is. I don't know if I would have the strength to care for myself just b/c...... I guess I still fight with those feelings of self-worth, and when JL is around to boost it I do pretty good, and there is still a place in me that knows that if something were to happen to him or us that I would just crumble. I think I will have to think of this a great deal more, after all the chance of us being together forever and dieing the same day and all are pretty slim (even if I don't feel that way now). Love is so complicated, and it is funny b/c most people who know JL and I would think we were the most independent people in the world, but what they don't know is how alone we really are. Cut off from most of our family and long time friends, we have each other and it is enough, sorta, I'm not even sure how to make friends anymore! No really, I have this carrier which is taking over my life and, well, people out here I've just never gotten along with that well..... My life does not suck but it could be better..... Sunday, March 23, 2003   Screaming child laid in dust of broken buildings Wrapped in rags, torn breath there is no believing Anymore Pressing my lips to the glass Light peirces through my brain and past Can't you hear Gabriel's trumpet Behind the bombs falling down like rain From back clouds Dust choked with cement Into the lungs I breath in All my wounds come bleeding Wrapped news vans logos Who remember's Hearst's gambit? Sunday, March 23, 2003