As she looks back at him
with a wistful eye, an
overpowering whiff of
"citronella" hits him right
between the eyes;
He smarts a little at this
human trick, to cover her
scent with the lemon bit.....
Author notes
If a "Bitch" is on heat, one sprays her to try to stop advances of male dogs landing on the doorstep. Citronella is the main ingredient in the spray.
Written August 5th, 2005
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Lol..I always think the dogs know whats going on as my male dogs always get a fit of the blues whenever the lemon scent is used as they dont know which bitch is effected we spray them all
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I did NOT know that about citronella, that was great. What a take and definitely one that I did not know. Well done hon.
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