View Full Version : My dogs are so pathetic
Ok, so there's this skunk that frequents our back yard. Last year, he hit the dogs like 10 times. This year, he's done it once or twice. Even though I soaked him for 10 minutes straight last summer, he keeps coming back.
Now, at this point, I've had it with the little ****. I have absolutely had it. So I hear the dog barking, grab my big maglite (one of the 3 d-cell ones) and run downstairs.
See the dog chasing the skunk, and run after the skunk myself. Dog bites skunks tail and then stops. Skunk keeps running, with me right behind it, swinging at it with the flashlight. My dad says "Leave it alone, it's going to bite you!" I shout "BITE ME!? BITE ME?! IT ISN'T GONNA BITE ME BECAUSE I'M GONNA BASH ITS ****ING HEAD IN!"
So it stops, get ready to spray. I figured I'd hit it and kill it before it had the chance to spray. I missed, hit its tail, got sprayed.
Skunk runs off, I run after it, it runs into bushes, at which point I give up.
My point is that the dogs are patheitc. They both stop going after the skunk as soon as they get sprayed. Know what? IT'S NOT THAT ****ING BAD. I got it in the face and in an eye. Yes, it burns. Know what? It's far from unbearable. It's a minor irritant, nothing more. The dogs can't even take a little (and I mean a VERY little) pain to kill the damn thing. My dogs are pathetic.
As for me, I have now declared jihad on this skunk. I love animals, I really do. But this one has got to go. And you know what? ME TRYING TO BASH YOUR HEAD IN WITH A FLASHLIGHT ISN'T JUSTIFICATION FOR YOU TO SPRAY ME. So, I'm stopping at Home Depot tomorrow (well, later today now). I'm picking up a 48" long, 3/4" or 1" diameter steel pipe. I'm keeping it next to my bed. The next time I hear the dog barking, I'm taking the pipe with me. If I find that skunk, I am going to beat the **** out of it. I've had it with it. I've sprayed it with water multiple times, so has my dad. Its had fair warning. It didn't listen. Now it dies.
You have to realize that a skunk is the size of a cat. One good whack from a 48" long pipe will not only crush its rib cage and break its spine (and I'm fairly sure it'd go a long way to knocking its head off if I hit its neck), it'll throw it a good 10 or 15 feet. It won't be walking (let alone running) away from me this time. *cracks knuckles*
Shorty, I have now reached the end of the rope with this skunk. I'm sick of washing the smell off the dogs. The skunk had its warning. Several times. Since my dad won't let me borrow his shotgun to take care of it-"you can't use a shotgun in the middle of a suburban neighborhood"-I'm gonna do it the old fashioned way. By beating the little **** to a pulp.
Dogs noses are more sensitive than a humans, so for them it probably is just God awful. Plus instincts tell them if it sprays something that bad, it's not worth killing.
You may kill it and it may not be over.
dragonV8
2 Aug 2004, 9:05am
Friend had a neighbours dog come over to do its business on his lawn. Kept chasing it away, kept coming back.
Fixed it nicely. Got a spray bottle, filled it with turps or thinners and managed to spray it on the dogs behind.
Dog took off, 100 mph and at speed lifted its back legs off the ground to stop the burning, scraping the tender parts on the bitumen.
That sorted it. Never came near his yard again, hehehe. :thumbsup:
May not apply to your beloved skunk, just a thought. ;D
lol. Except one of my dogs likes to hang out under the porch. And she has no problems killing rats; baby skunks wouldn't be any different.
I told my dad to get a trap for it. If he does that, I won't kill it. I'd rather NOT kill it, but you know, there isn't much choice at this point. It can't be allowed to continue doing this. And it's either getting trapped and moved, or I'm beating the crap out of it. Barring the use of a gun (which I can't use), beating it to death as quickly as possible is the most humane way I can think of to kill it. It's either that or I dig the axe out of the shed... :-/
test_tube_tony
2 Aug 2004, 9:06am
pm me and ill tell u how to make a nice little land mine. u just gotta follow it back to its burrow or what ever its livin under for stratiegic mine placement.
lol. It's not living in my yard tho. I wish it were. It tried to take up residence under our deck last year. The damn thing was lucky it didn't get killed then. :-/
Well, I guess I'll just have to trap or kill the babies then too, won't I?
test_tube_tony
2 Aug 2004, 9:15am
mines can also be baited keep in mind. this has been tested with squirrels and it does work (note that only very small explosive charges where used in these tests. no squirrels where hurt, just scared)
ITS BABIES WILL HAVE WINGS, THERE IS CLEARLY NO STOPPING THE SKUNKS BABIES
TheSmJ
2 Aug 2004, 10:17am
You're going to blow your hands off Tony... just wait.
In any case, if you were to make one clean shot (with a gun), and nobody saw you, I'd be more than willing to bet you'd get away with it. Sure, people would hear the gun go off, but it would take more than one shot to pinpoint exactly where it came from.
Teh Govarment Wil Locaet U Man. Tehy Know Evrytihng.
maxanon
2 Aug 2004, 1:08pm
How about catch and release somewhere else? Don't you have an animal control/SPCA tpe of thing that will take care of this for you? Your development probably displaced the skunk.
Why don't you deal with the dogs instead? Skunks won't bug you unless you bother them.
How about catch and release somewhere else? Don't you have an animal control/SPCA tpe of thing that will take care of this for you? Your development probably displaced the skunk.
Why don't you deal with the dogs instead? Skunks won't bug you unless you bother them.
They can be really difficult to avoid sometimes, especially when they have a habit of hanging around in your front yard, and you need to go to the car or something.
I dunno about Geeky's, but I know my subdivision was here long before these skunks were.
muddocktor
2 Aug 2004, 2:43pm
Smelly.....UH..........Geeky, have you thought of getting a high powered pellet gun maybe? ;D There are some made that shoot between 700-1000 ft/sec and are deadly on small animals (http://airgunsbbguns.com/rws-diana-airrifle-airguns-bbguns-airrifles-pelletguns.html) and you can get a decent one for around $200-300. Plus, they are pretty damn quiet and nobody will know what that noise is anyways unless they also shoot air rifles. They can also afford you a whole bunch of cheap fun in your back yard, shooting targets or even dead mobos or vid cards. ;D
You have to realize that a skunk is the size of a cat. One good whack from a 48" long pipe will not only crush its rib cage and break its spine (and I'm fairly sure it'd go a long way to knocking its head off if I hit its neck), it'll throw it a good 10 or 15 feet. It won't be walking (let alone running) away from me this time. *cracks knuckles*
dang. such enthusiasm. frightening, really. :hair:
LIN
bothered
2 Aug 2004, 5:42pm
Trap it and release it somewhere it'll be welcome. It's only being a skunk, it's all it knows.
Trap it and release it somewhere it'll be welcome. It's only being a skunk, it's all it knows.
I wish I could. :( I've asked my dad... there's no one around here that'll take it. The SPCA won't touch it, animal control won't touch it, and I'm not relocating it in my car (or any of our other cars).
I mean, I love animals. I've got a 450 gallon fish tank at the office that I take care of, a 10 gallon of my own, and two dogs. I've had lizards, frogs, etc. as well. I'd rather not kill it, but it can't be allowed to continue doing this.
And since no one will relocate it, that leaves one option: killing it. And since I can't shoot it, the most humane way to kill it is to whack it as hard as possible. That'll either kill it instantly (hopefully, if I do it right) or it'll disable it so that I can kill it as quickly as possible. :(
Poisoning it would be an option, but something like rat poison would take a long time to kill it, and I'm sure it wouldn't be anything like painless. The only way to poison it would be to use something really, really nasty like cyanide, and I don't want to play around with anything that dangerous.
So I don't see that I have much of a choice on this one.
And Maxanon, you've obviously never had terriers. ;D
bothered
2 Aug 2004, 6:12pm
How about painting a white stripe down the back of a black cat? The skunk will chase it all over the world. I saw it in a film once, I think they ended up in France.
GHoosdum
2 Aug 2004, 6:36pm
Are you friends with any veterinarians? You can get a vet to remove the scent glands from the skunk, and then you could have a new pet.
How about painting a white stripe down the back of a black cat? The skunk will chase it all over the world. I saw it in a film once, I think they ended up in France.
Pepe Le Peu, Lol
:thumbsup: bothered!
LIN
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