SabrinaFerrari
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Couldn’t pick just one. Our little Caine’s 4 months old now!!
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I just read that an 8’ alligator went after a dog and the owner stepped in to protect the dog. The gator got the owner and the dog survived.
Alligator kills South Carolina woman trying to protect her dog at resort
Alligator kills South Carolina woman trying to protect her dog at resort
That was in Hilton Head SC. Just saw that on the news. That is just so sad.
We’ve always been warned against walking pets by waters edge because the gators see it as an easy meal and are incredibly fast coming out of the water. Even down here I look before I jump just in case there is a croc or gator lurking about. It becomes ingrained in you when you know they are around.
LifeofRubie
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View attachment 87779 View attachment 87781 View attachment 87779 Alrighty then... 12’ gator weighing in at 1000lbs. Took 1 and 1/2 hours to get it on his 18’ Bayliner.
Big fat: NOPE
What a handsome boy!
Rubie disocvered the... Skunk... I was able to call her off THANK OUR LUCKY STARS FOR TRAINING
Look at her face. So expressive!!
LifeofRubie
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OMG AND SMELLY! Just her face smells. Not super skunky but enough that it's gross. How do I get rid of it????
SabrinaFerrari
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Her face says it all!!!!
She looks sorry but disappointed she wasn’t able to play with the stinker! Lol
LifeofRubie
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Oh... she gave that stupid thing quite a scare - wouldn't be surprised if she didn't get a bite in on him! And while she didn't get hit directly with the stink, she must've gone through the cloud because it's definitely skunky in the house....
I used Murphy’s oil soap on my dog after getting sprayed by a skunk. It worked well. Better than tomato juice and all the other remedies. I figured oil soap would remove the oils in the skunks spray.
I know it has propylene glycol in it but back then most dog shampoos had that among other ingredients in it.
King and Queen worked out this morning
One of my oldest and Dearest friend lives in Florida. I was talking to her the other day and she says, "oh I have a gator in the culvert behind my house. "View attachment 87779 View attachment 87781 View attachment 87779 Alrighty then... 12’ gator weighing in at 1000lbs. Took 1 and 1/2 hours to get it on his 18’ Bayliner.
Say what??! She says it like saying there's a fly on the wall. 
She said she'll have to watch the dog. And then she tells me about that lady in South Carolina. 
How horrible! Yeah I think I'll stay here.
Nature's Miracle Skunk Odor Remover. There's always a bottle under my bathroom sink just in case...
Tell Rubie to stay away from those things. G took a direct hit in the face a couple of years ago. It temporarily blinded her.
LifeofRubie
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Tell Rubie to stay away from those things. G took a direct hit in the face a couple of years ago. It temporarily blinded her.
This was my first skunking and Norris is traveling so a smidge overwhelming! LUCKILY it wasn't a direct hit. I just used whatever bar soap was immediately available in the guest bathroom last night (no WAY that was going in my new shower!). Today was the peroxide, baking soda, and dish detergent bath. I don't smell it on her anymore but her eCollar REEKS and I been spraying dilute vinegar on it and have it outside to air out. The house is being aired out and vinegar spray on EVERYTHING.
In the meantime, none of this has dampened her spirits and she's still a looker
I couldn't remember what I used until you said that. Buddy got hit with a skunk when we first got him. And that's what I used. It did a good job except I was afraid to use too much on his face and he still smelled a little every time I went down to kiss him. LOL that was my first and only, and I hope only, experience with a skunk! It was God awful.
Brioddy
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I never imagined I'd say so, but I miss gators. All the ones you hear about attacking people have been exposed to humans and have been fed. True wild gators are shy and will disappear if you get too close. I like not having to worry about the dogs, but it's rather nearly boring living in an area where nothing can kill you. Even the giant black bears are fairly harmless! Really the only dangerous critter is a couple snakes.
LOL Come on! Really? Boring? You have to have the threat of something to kill you to have fun?
well, if anything, you can always worry about a human being like the Chainsaw Massacre guy or something LOL I, personally, don't want to worry about a creature on my property that could actually kill me. It's bad enough worrying about the dogs. Do you have black widow spiders or brown recluse? You can have something that small that can kill you too. Or at least make you deathly sick. I can't think of anything here that would actually kill me. Except for a human being. Sometimes they can suck.
It makes you appreciate all the things you got used to and thought nothing of.
I am so accustomed to the gators, crocs, snakes, sharks and everything that it would be difficult living somewhere without these things. Always have and always will be an Island girl.
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