The Smell

Hubby was outside the other day, picking apples. He came in for another basket and when he went back out, Greta scooted along behind him.

I swear, she is a great escape artist! Harry Houdini could never have matched Greta, when she wants to escape!

But it was a lovely day, so I told Hubby to let her stay out, but to keep an eye on her. Usually, she is very good, but occasionally, she likes to go and visit up the hill at my neighbors house, and Mrs. R. loves it!

Anyway, she stayed nicely in the back yard, watching Hubby tend to his crop, but when I called her in, and she came right along, so did the excrement she had been rolling in.

Now you all know that we have a fair amount of wild game in my yard. There’s the Ground Hogs.

The Wild Turkeys.

The Black Bears.

And the Deer.

Not to mention the Bald Eagle, moles, skunks, chipmunks and squirrels!

Whatever it was that went through our yard last and used it as a toilet, certainly left a pile of terrible smelling excrement, and that is exactly what Greta rolled in!

So, when she came in, and my eyes watered and my sinus’ cleared! Unfortunately they cleared! Oh what a horror, and of course it was just as we were sitting down for dinner!

I ate quickly, but truthfully, I didn’t taste anything, as I just wanted to get all three of the dackels in the shower and wash them up! Even Greta’s collar was a mess!

Arnie and Anneliese were not smelling bad, but it had been a while since they had a bath so I brought them all in.

The shower went well, and they were all very good, but it was at the end, when Hubby and I were drying them off that we sort of stood back and laughed. As soon as we opened the bathroom door, they took off and chased each other around the house! Full of life, and full of trouble!

The house was filled  with the scent of wet dogs, but at least they are smelling a bit sweeter than they did at dinner.

That was until Monday morning when I had all the dogs in the yard and when I came in, Greta had once again found that pile of poop and this time really rolled well in it! This time, she went in the sink, and is now all cleaned up, but my gosh, it was bad.

When Hubby gets home, he will be sent out into the yard to hunt it down! I can’t take another moment of poop smelling pups!

Ah, the joys of pet ownership!