We just returned from the drive-in (had hamburgers after working in the yard till dark) and brought the dog and cat around back of the house to the fenced-in area.

The dog (true to form) hopped up on the back patio and investigated where we feed the cat, which is placed under a chair to keep him out. And then I noticed another cat helping itself to our cat's food. But wait! It wasn't a cat!!!

It was Pepi LePew!!!

A SKUNK!!!

The dog was nose-to-nose with the thing and (luckily) didn't get sprayed! We've only lived here for 6 months and this is our first encounter of the potentially Stinky kind. Ugh!


DH keeps going out there to check on it. He thinks he has to "get rid of it". I keep tellin' him the thing will leave on its own. Sheesh!!! Why take the risk?

"But," he counters, "it will come back for the catfood."

"Not if we put it up on the table," I suggest.

"It will jump up there to get it," he insists.

"Skunks can't jump like cats can," I say.

Or can they?


The dog and cat are staying in the garage for the night. And I'm stayin in the house! I told DH he's sleeping with the dog if he gets sprayed.