I'll stir the coals for the early crew.
I'm up late waiting for the dog to dry off. My two year old Labrador just had her first taste of skunk. She's had a bath in Technu poison oak/ivy treatment and peroxide, and another with baking soda and dog shampoo. So far it's taken the smell down a few notches, from "overpowering" to "definitely still there but she's allowed in the house."
Oddly enough, the skunk followed her after the fact, and was coming down the trail after us. Never had that happen before. It didn't show any signs of rabies, but had I been heeled there would be one less skunk in our world.
If only skunks believed in April fool's.
--TK