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		<title>By: Lois Lowry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lois Lowry</dc:creator>
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		<description>Hi, Betty!  My Alfie has never been sprayed by a skunk (knocking on the wooden top of my desk as I type this) but last summer he tangled with a porcupine.  It was awful!  So painful for him----and for us by proxy!  Made me wonder why Disney---and many children&#039;s book writers---portray such events as amusing and chuckleworthy.  It isn&#039;t, at all.

An anesthesiologist friend told us once abut getting called in the middle of the night, to go into the hospital for an emergency. They had a new puppy so he thrust the puppy into the back yard to pee, while he got dressed. You guessed it. The puppy got sprayed by a skunk. He had to wake his wife, hand her the smelly puppy, say, &quot;You deal with this&quot;...then rush off to the OR, where all the attending nurses and the surgeon complained about the smell throughout the surgery. The only one who didn&#039;t notice was probably the patient.

But thanks for the info about the Petco product. Important to keep it on hand!

Lois Lowry</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Betty!  My Alfie has never been sprayed by a skunk (knocking on the wooden top of my desk as I type this) but last summer he tangled with a porcupine.  It was awful!  So painful for him&#8212;-and for us by proxy!  Made me wonder why Disney&#8212;and many children&#8217;s book writers&#8212;portray such events as amusing and chuckleworthy.  It isn&#8217;t, at all.</p>
<p>An anesthesiologist friend told us once abut getting called in the middle of the night, to go into the hospital for an emergency. They had a new puppy so he thrust the puppy into the back yard to pee, while he got dressed. You guessed it. The puppy got sprayed by a skunk. He had to wake his wife, hand her the smelly puppy, say, &#8220;You deal with this&#8221;&#8230;then rush off to the OR, where all the attending nurses and the surgeon complained about the smell throughout the surgery. The only one who didn&#8217;t notice was probably the patient.</p>
<p>But thanks for the info about the Petco product. Important to keep it on hand!</p>
<p>Lois Lowry</p>
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