I wanted to let folks know about a scam someone tried on us the other day. We are only a few days away from Allie delivering her puppies. I posted a litter expected ad and immediately got an email response saying that this person was ready to buy a puppy. The email was a little odd, as it didn’t really fit a litter expected ad, plus the grammar was poor. I am not trying to make money selling puppies, but rather want to produce excellent dogs that will be cherished in hunting homes, where they go is critical to us. Therefore, I sent an email back saying to contact me and we can discuss the litter over the phone, and a list of questions for they to answer by way of application for the dog. The next morning I got a call from a supposed deaf person talking through an interpreter. They didn’t seem to care about the dog or even the cost; they were more concerned about getting me the payment. They later sent me an email stating that they would send me a certified cashier’s check for the dog, plus fees for their shipping company and I was to pay the shipper via Western Union from their check. There was an urgent undercurrent in the message, plus things like “God bless” and “your brother in Christ”. I blocked all further contact from this address. Here’s the kicker, a day later, I posted the same litter expected announcement on another site and again, within minutes, I got an identical email to the first one, from a different address. Beware that these people are lurking. The addresses were both gmail accounts. I read somewhere that this scam (or similar) is being run out of Nigeria. Watch out.

Max, my pointer and I got it tonight.
We were working on heeling on a checkcord in shin-high grass and WHAM!
Before I could blink, we got it right in the face. It was so strong it about made me vomit. So strong that it almost doesn’t smell like skunk; more like onions. Max didn’t know what hit him. Julie wouldn’t let me in the house. I took care of Max on the front lawn and then had to strip and dash for the shower.

This isn’t the first time, but I had forgotten just how bad it is. Man, I hate skunks!

The recipie we use to wash the dog is the following:
1 quart Hydrogen Peroxide
1/4 cup Baking Soda
1 tsp dish soap

Stir together and bathe dog with it like a shampoo and rinse thoroughly with a hose or buckets of water.
Don’t store the mixture. Mix fresh and use. I bathe the dog about three times in a row. If necessary you can follow up with another washing the next day. (Here’s another tip: don’t use your wife’s good bath towel to dry the dog. The next several times you wash the towel it spreads a mild eau-du-skunk through the laundry.)