She thinks she owns the place

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Gabby guards our cottage like she owns the place

Keeping nearly constant watch from indoors and out alerting us to critters, cars, friends and foes.
She’s a good dog
and we appreciate her attentiveness to her self-appointed “job” —

Though we prefer that she leave the skunks alone.

It’s only a matter of time before she arrives at our door with her tail between her legs

smelling like … a skunk and expecting a bath.

We know the skunks are around — I woke up the other night with my nose a burnin’ smelling the stinkers.