Nasal Overwhelm – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Achoo! Snort snort! What is that awful smell?

Sweetie: Lady Human, you are responsible for this mismanagement of our air!

Me: I just spritzed a very small amount of an old cologne I had. I did it completely away from the parakeets to see if it was any good…

Doodlebug: Oh, protect the budgies, but not the bulldogs. Is that it? Our precious noses are millions of times more sensitive than yours!

Me: I’m opening a window to let it out.

Sweetie: And now the world will never be the same.

MoonCat: That window opening option might work on other objectionable odors, say the kind spritzed from bulldogs.

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The Twitching of Noses – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: What’s going on, y’all?

Sweetie: You tell us. You’re the human in the room.

Me: Your noses are twitching to beat the band.

Doodlebug: What is a band and why would I want to beat it?

Me: I mean you are obviously scenting something and, poor inadequate nose that I have, I don’t smell a thing out of the ordinary.

Sweetie: Someone is cooking outside.

Doodlebug: A human is walking with a dog nearby.

Sweetie: The chickens have laid their eggs.

Doodlebug: You have put on clean clothes.

MoonCat: Yes, I particularly noticed that last one. Thank you so much.

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Exotic Scents – Conversations with Doodlebug and Sweetie

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Something is wrong in the air.

Sweetie: Yes, it’s an unusual scent. Not from around here. Uh-oh, it’s Lady Human!

Doodlebug: What have you gotten into, ma’am? It smells…heavy.

Me: Well, I did use a new shampoo on my hair.

Sweetie: Good thing you only have a little hair on top of your head or we would not be able to breathe.

Me: I realize you have industrial strength noses and I can smell this myself.

Sweetie: With your puny little smeller.

Doodlebug: Just imagine what you smell like to us. Time to get some fresh air.

Me: Y’all?

Sweetie: No, you. Maybe the whole sky can float some of that scent away. Phew!

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Sniffing Patrol – Conversations with Sweetie

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Me: Sweetie? What’s going on?

Sweetie: Sniff. Sniff. Sniff. Nothing to trouble you. Just go on about your business.

Me: If you are thinking about digging in the trash, it is most certainly my business.

Sweetie: Just patrolling to make sure you all aren’t wasting any food. But you’re okay. Everything here stinks to high heaven, and not in the good way. Not one item to tempt a bulldog or a human, and we know how loose human standards are.

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