Life in the woods

You know you live in the woods when you have a resident skunk. Last weekend our dog Sara got sprayed by the skunk, and everynight she's been whining and acting strange. Tony went out to call the cat in for the night and he saw an animal farther out in the yard. It was the skunk! It was stalking the cat and turned around and sprayed Tony. He said he heard it spray, but didn't think it got him until his eyes started stinging. Knowing the skunk was stalking the cat makes me wonder if that is the critter that caught our other cats, Bob and Wendel, that disappeared earlier this year. Tony's brainstorming ways to encourage the skunk to move on, or just disappear permanently and of course most of his ideas have something to do with a gun. Not sure what is going to happen, but I hope Mr. Skunk moves on quick.