[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: De Skunk Methods
- From: Terry Cochran <terrycochran97756@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jhelee929@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jhelee929@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 10:09:40 -0700
>
> On Nov 4, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Terry Cochran <terrycochran97756@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have used this method many times at the cabin and it works very well. To
>> tell you the truth I was nervous about it bleaching the coat but it doesn't.
>> You use the 3% volume of peroxide. Here in Az I haven't even seen a skunk. I
>> am sure they are here.
>>
>> At the cabin this year we have had to deal with a bear that's just had to
>> eat the pears off my pear trees. Next came the salmon rum and constantly
>> checking to make sure the dogs weren't eating fish that the eagles had
>> dropped. I have a family of 4 that use a tree on the river bank right in
>> front of the cabin as fishing station. All day long you can watch them fly
>> up and down the river fishing. I have tried to photograph them doing their
>> thing on the river but there is just too much brush and we aren't allowed to
>> remove it. The area is wild and scenic, it must be left as nature made it.
>> Next came a pride of 4 young mountain lions. They got hold of one of the
>> caretakers hunting dogs but Doug woke up just In time to shoot the young
>> male before he killed the dog. Once the lions are willing to come that close
>> to the house they send hunters out to track them and either relocate or
>> destroy them.
>>
>> Maddy has taken Zesty's place as snake dog. She located and pointed 5 snakes
>> this year on the property. It has been a bad year for snakes because after
>> the fires up on the mountain they have moved down for better hunting. Most
>> people don't think you are going to see them by the river but that is where
>> they will lay in the heat of the day. This year In central Oregon there was
>> a total of 15 rattle snake bites on humans. I think that was some sort of
>> record. I think Maddy may have been a hunting dog in a former life.
>>
>> Just before we headed back to AZ I decided to put Zesty down. After almost
>> 13 years of service and protection it was time to let her go. She taught
>> Maddy the things she needed to know and she had pulled herself away from the
>> pack. It was time and the Vet in Madras was very kind.
>> Zesty was the last of the pups from Zenta who was the bitch that Ann Mesdag
>> bought for me in the Netherlands. That is another story, the type of story
>> that makes you smile every time you think about.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>>
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