[barneysmommmy]

We've had a family of them move in under our deck. Our old habit was to take the crew out to the back yard several times of day for potty and run. It's fenced in, so they had the run of the yard.

But a lovely family of skunks found a way in and have remodeled a tiny house under our deck. Fortunately, none of them have gone off yet. But our lives have been totally transformed, not in a good way. We have blocked off the part of our deck that connects to the house. During dusk and dawn this is all the pups have access to for potty. Anna and Willie are doing ok. Barney, however, is not. He needs to poop in the mornings and he will only poop in grass. I can't take him to the grass until the sun is out because those pesky skunks are out there. Grrrrrr.

It is another hour until day light and he is crying and licking my hand (his I gotta poop right now signal).