What a Stinker!

A few weeks ago my dad came in for a visit. He stayed the night and had a good time playing with Amelia. He hasn't stayed over since Zeta's knee surgery in June so it was a good time for him to baby the baby and the dog all at the same time. Zeta seems to be doing well but every now and then, after a few good runs, she'll start limping again. My dad was so eager to feed Zeta, take her out to potty, brush her coat, and rub her belly. He asked what time he could let her out in the morning. I told him not to worry about it. We normally let her out when we leave the house, around 8am. Well, Dad just couldn't help himself from "mothering" the dog so he let her out around 6am. Pitch dark outside and the perfect time for little critters to be out and about. Well, Zeta got sprayed by a skunk! That's not even the worst of it. He let her back in the house before he realized what had happened. She ran in and started rubbing her face all over the carpet. Nathan and I woke up to a strong and pungent smell of skunk. Nathan opened our bedroom door and walked down the hall and immediately came back to share the news with me. It was horrid! We kicked the pooch out and started spraying air fresheners. Nothing helped. I got dressed and got Amelia dressed and we headed out for our day. I dropped her off to Ms. Kini and explained that they might smell a little skunk smell b/c our dog had just been sprayed. Her teachers kind of giggled and went on about their business. About an hour later Ms. Kini comes up to the Admin office with Amelia in her arms. Amelia is in a new outfit. No shoes. No socks. Hair a little damp and she's squeaky clean. They had to give her a bath at school with V-8 juice because she smelled like SKUNK! Poor baby!

Guess what Amelia was for Halloween?
Now that's inspiration!