Nature call

[VoiceofReason]

One night my partner and I were patrolling on a dirt road way out in the country. I had to answer the call of nature so I asked him to stop. When he did, I opened the door, stepped out, sat back down, closed the door and told him to go.

When I stepped out there just happened to be a skunk about ten feet from me.

If that skunk had got me I imagine it would have taken some doing to convince him to let me back in the car.

[mgood]

I've been sprayed by a skunk.

It's real funny when it happens to the other guy (just ask my cousin, who was with me at the time). Not so funny when it happens to you.

[GeekwithaGun]

Our dog was sprayed about 4 years ago when I let him out in the middle of the night to do his business. I still remember the smell - it took about 3 weeks for it to finally get out of everything.

[pbwalker]

Our old Lab was sprayed about 4 years ago as well. It was in the middle of the day and I was outside with her in the back yard. At first, I saw her running towards what appeared to be a cat in the distance. I thought nothing of it until I saw the tail go up and it was in slow motion...I ran in the house and within 5 minutes, we could smell it in the house. The dog was outside burying her snout in the dirt. It was freezing cold too.

I found some concoction of Dawn, Baking Soda, and Hydrogen Peroxide. It took two baths in the 30 degree temps to finally get the smell down to an almost negligible trace.

I now have a much healthier respect for those stinky animals!

[CompVest]

Topic moved as the subject doesn't really have anything to do with LEOs.

[The Annoyed Man]

My dog caught a juvenile skunk (about 1/2 size) and shook it like a rag. The results were not good.... ...except for the skunk, which toddled off as soon as it came to its senses.

[davidtx]

We used to have a Sheltie that got skunked AND quilled (porcupine) in the same night. Not fun.

[TexasGal]

Just a note from a country girl:
If you see a skunk in the daytime, there is a high chance it is sick-- with rabies being top on the list. Just thought I would throw that in...