We SMELL.

We smell.  Really.  My human, in her desperate attempt to protect us from the dreaded ticks has turned to an all natural protect - made here in Nova Scotia.  It's a combination of things including witch hazel, rose geranium, citronella, lavender, cedar, rosemary and eucalyptus.  We smell like either something you should cook or use as a cleaning product.  When my human sprays it on us, she is obviously careful not to get any in our eyes, mouth or nose.  But we still sneeze when she puts it on.  Then to make us smell even better, we have been taking these garlic tablets, formulated specially for dogs.   So while our coat smells somewhat appealing (which is open to opinion), our breath smells horrid.  Not only are we capable of repelling ticks, no other living organism will come near us.  So far, though, it seems to be working - we have had no new vagabonds - even after our travels into the woods the other night.  Wonder if we could be hired to do commercials.  I can see it now - the three musketeers posing as the anti-tick poster dogs.  But knowing humans in this world, there is PROBABLY some entomology advocacy group trying to "save the ticks".   And we'll have protesters picketing outside our house.  You know humans - somewhere out there, there is probably a tick fan club.  Humans are so odd.

Well it's nice to see our human not having to do any WORK this weekend.  HOWEVER, she did mention that she would now have time for some GROOMING.  Excuse me while I go and hide.

Have a good one!