Chelsea smells.
I mean that as affectionately as possible. Her nickname, which in recent years has become her main moniker, is The Stink.
Frankly, I think Chelsea’s proud of her stench. Her ability to smell is one of the few senses she still has left—it’s probably how she still remembers where the rest of her body is.
The Stink stinks. It’s not a bad thing—once you get used to it—but it’s just a fact of life that a 12-year-old Springer Spaniel who eats twenty dollar bills and Alaskan hand sewn slippers is a smelly dog. That is, until I took her to the do-it-yourself dog wash AND put her pillow and blankets into the high-speed ultra-intense commercial washer at the laundromat.
The Stink doesn’t stink so much anymore. In fact, for almost 18 hours post-washing, she carried the smell of the hypo-allergenic shampoo I doused her in. For nearly a day, I ceased referring to Chelsea as The Stink. She became known as The Scent.
But rest assured, The Scent has almost completely faded. By tomorrow, no doubt, The Stink will be back in full effect. Asa thinks I’m making it up the pleasant odor altogether—”She doesn’t stink as badly as she usually does, but she still stinks!” he said—but every so often I can still catch a whiff of The Scent.
10 responses so far ↓
1 TimsHead // Feb 20, 2006 at 11:18 am
Or you could always have an icon updating the status of Chelsea in the Stink-Smell continuum. I wouldn’t recommend making that a scratch-and-sniff feature.
2 Jay_galk25 // Feb 20, 2006 at 12:53 pm
Speaking of stench’s, my new rooms window smells like wet dog when it rains…lovely.
Jay {you open your mouth and I’m grounded once more} “Rawr”
3 MaximaBella // Feb 20, 2006 at 1:33 pm
I am always amazed how much Chelsea & Lucy have in common…we refer to Lucy as the ‘Mastadon’….she JUST REAKS!
I bathe her…she stinks the next day…my gawd its just gross…she is a walking, er waddling garbage can.
my hubby says she died 2 years ago, and we just dont know it!
4 geekgoddiss // Feb 20, 2006 at 1:47 pm
I’m sure my dog will have her day. SO far, so good. Now. THe day we came back from the lake, she smelled like fish. That’s b/c she was catching minnows and smearing her body all over them. :-p
5 thinlizzy17 // Feb 20, 2006 at 1:54 pm
I can only imagine how much fun a dog-o-mat must be. I guess the question is – how does SHE feel about the scent?
6 fern_forest // Feb 20, 2006 at 2:03 pm
hahaha. does she leave the stink in her wake?
7 chicagoartgirl23 // Feb 20, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Ha! I love it! You are hilarious.
8 Gabe_Real // Feb 20, 2006 at 8:14 pm
Is this stink like old people stink? The elderly have a particular scent – I may respect my elders, but I don’t respect the scent. HehPositive Vibes!
9 fern_forest // Feb 21, 2006 at 12:56 pm
i did have a piece on my blog about stan and then i took it off. you are not hallucinating, my dear. as for the michael franti – it’s a title. you can click on the thing that says “add title” when you are writing a post.
10 barefootbride // Mar 28, 2006 at 1:25 am
i wonder why older dogs get such a stink… my parents have a maltese that is like 12+ and he has a permanent stinch! must be the old age??