Any hunting dog with gift for finding birds also has a nose for trouble. It’s in the contract you accept when a pup joins your world. That’s why I’m always prepared for the day my bird dog sniffs the ...

While most skunk sprayings don’t do permanent harm to dogs, they will make your dog stink and possibly make it nauseous, as the scent may cling to the dog for days. Skunks live throughout North ...

Wednesday, Stinky Reader told us about the “horrible stench” in their house after a skunk sprayed in the crawl space behind their closet. Clothes, people and house ended up smelling like skunk. I ...

It’s one of those scents you can’t mistake and can’t ignore. If a skunk sprays on or near your home — or on you or one of your pets — it can mean a stinky future for the next few days, but you can get ...

One would think that over tens of thousands of years of evolution, dogs would have learned by now to avoid skunks. But they haven’t, and every year countless dogs get skunked. Don’t snicker, you cat ...

The wild animals in our area seem to be on the move this time of the year. I've seen raccoons, opossums, rabbits, squirrels and the skunk who is living under my neighbor's deck several houses down. At ...