Seriously is this the life I signed up for?? What was I thinking?
In the span of 24 hours I have dealt with all three of the above. Yesterday morning, while out on the porch reading, I noticed Kaylee sniffing. She had found another frog and was chasing it. I was so proud of her, she never tried to bite or eat the frog, she just wanted to play. Well 10 seconds later, and I noticed her chomping and licking her lips. She had eaten the frog in a total of 5 bites!
Ticks...please we see them and deal with them all the time. Todd has pulled 5 off of himself, and I have had 2. Kaylee has had 20 million and there is literally nothing we can do. She is on Frontline so they die, but still...YUCK!
Skunks. Do I really need to say more? Last night before bed I let Kaylee out to tinkle one last time. She came back in and we noticed a skunk smell for about 3 seconds, and then there was this overwhelming smell of burning tires or rubber. We thought it was coming from the air vents, so we turned the air off. We ran outside and looked for a dead skunk in our air unit, but nothing was found. In the meantime, I had Kaylee inside and NO idea where this burning smell was coming from. For about an hour we assumed the air unit was dying and producing that strong smell. It was then Todd said, "Maybe its Kaylee". I smelt her, and Ah Ha!! She reeked of this weird odor. I ran online and found it was a skunk! I immediately threw her in a bath (I now know how to get the smell out of pets fast and easy), and scrubbed her down. However, the smell is now in my house and all over everything. I have to wash everything in my house; from the clothes hanging in the closet that is adjacent to the bathroom we had to bathe her in because it was too dark to do outside, to the floors and walls covered in this smell.
Seriously, was I thinking about all of this before we moved here? No, I thought how pretty, a farm with rolling hills and pastures. Luckily the culprit of all three events focuses on one suspect....Kaylee. I am trying to find a way to convert her to an outside dog and make this all better. Do you think it can happen? Can the dog who takes pillows from the couch to lay her head on, can she turn into an outside dog? My mission is tough, but not impossible.
