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Dogs smell – fact. They smell worse when they are wet and they smell significantly worse if they decide to roll in something, as I know only too well. Previously, I have mentioned that Gary and I have an odourometer – basically if we can get halfway home from a walk without gagging then Herbie has escaped the dreaded bath. The Smelly Tail On a recent trip to Northumberland, we were walking along a deserted, wind-swept beach when the little scamp disappeared into the dunes. After a 10 minute search, we found him in his high delights, rolling over a rotting seal carcass. After a struggle, Gary eventually managed to get a lead on him and literally drag him off the disgusting thing. He then proceeded to head dive into the sand and roll around in ecstacy for another 5 minutes (Herbie, not Gary). Heading back to the rented cottage, it slowly dawned on us that the putrid smell of death following us was in fact Herbie. Luckily, the cottage was within walking distance, but with no dog shampoo and an upstairs bathroom we had to innovate. After finding some kids shampoo and a mop bucket we kept washing him in the garden until he smelt more like watermelon than warthog. Worse for us, this time we had driven. There was no way he was getting in the car smelling like a corpse. After pondering all the options (leave him on the beach, take him home stinking, wash him in the sea), we proceeded to one end of the beach where Gary stripped down to his undercrackers and dragged the little sod into the sea where he attempted to wash him with a seaweed flannel. I helpfully recorded the whole sorry incident for social media whilst almost wetting myself. It was only as Gary emerged from the waves like 007 (more like 005½) that we realised an elderly couple had perched on a bench at the back of the beach and were chuckling away whilst tucking into their pack-up. Who needs the cinema? Day three was thankfully incident free, however our final day held more olfactory delights. Beach number three. Dead seal number three (how can that be??) This one was buried in the sand, disguised as a rock. It was only when the rolling started that we realised what it was. Too late. Again. The damage was done. And this was just before we set off home so we had no access to the cottage and it was way too cold for another strip bath with Gary. Day two. Another beach. Another dead seal. Before we knew what was going on, Herbie was rolling all over the rotting pile of blubber. This one still had all it’s teeth! Gross. There was no option but to pile him in the back of the car and for us to spend the next few hours with the windows down, wondering whether the rescue centre had a returns policy! We were reliably informed by a local, it had been on the beach for 14 months after being towed by a tractor back out to sea a number of times. Errr, try burying it then, instead of leaving it to rot. © Ali Wale
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