attie got it in the face

Now it wasn't exactly like the picture here shows, but after a full walk that went into the night, Attie was off in the distance and close to the car where we saw him very close to what we thought was a rather calm and brave squirrel.

Now, I wonder why Attie isn't just jumping all over that squirrel, we each thought. The squirrel even lifted his tail.

Oh. Then we got it. Attie stepped away from the waddling squirrel, which wasn't even a squirrel. Nope. It was a skunk.

We saw and chased Deer a couple times. We came across frisbee golfers. The squirrels were harrassed into the trees and left their nuts on the ground. But then, the closest Attie got to anything of interest, was to the hind side of a Skunk.

I'll bet he wished his sniffer couldn't sniff so well after that squirt of vapor. We were a little dismayed at our own sniffers.

So, into the mixing bowl went the peroxide, baking soda, tomato juice, dish soap... everything but a bullet and a hole in the ground. Attie didn't understand why. I said, "Well now, we don't want to shoot you just cause you stink so bad. But you're going to be the devil in the parade tomorrow."