Skunky McGoo

I and my family descended upon my parents' house in San Diego for Easter, eating up food like the locusts that supposedly have disappeared from the midwest this past week. My sister also brought along one of the dogs, who had never before encountered a skunk, and so was completely surprised at the consequences of her harrassing a poor creature last night at 11 pm. She ran inside and immediately started rubbing herself on every available piece of cloth in the house before my sister snatched her up and held her outside. The smell and commotion woke everyone up, and my uncle mixed up a concoction that really worked to get the skunk smell out of Maggie (the dog, now christened Skunky McGoo): hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, a few drops of dishwashing liquid, and water.
I was sorry to hear about SS and the Mister's hurt skunk... I personally think they are among the cutest wildlife around.