There's a skunk among us

Another wildlife story! Getting stuck in a closet with Goldie, the trusted golden retriever companion, "girlfriend" and a skunk!!
She went to the barn to do night check- went thought the routine- unalarm the place, flip the lights on, and open the stair door to the hay loft. Goldie accompanies her with this every night. So this night when she opens the door, and turns on the light, she takes a couple steps up. Goldie does not come but stays behind, which is odd - So she turns around to the bottom of the stairwell to find Goldie with her head through the kitty door in the door and a skunk behind her at the bottom of the stairs!!!
The three of them have made a VERY CLOSE little triangle!!! WTF???? What does one do when they are stuck in a 3'x3' square with a skunk and a dog? So she decides that one of us has to move and seeing Godlie has blocked the only exit out for the skunk with her head in the kitty door, its poor "girlfriend" that has to move!!! So there are only 2 steps to go down- skunk being only approximately 3' away- so she tries the first step - skunk moves but not much!! PHEW!! Step 2- okay- it just moves a little again! Step 3- slide through the crack in the door, grab Goldie and run like hell!!!
Now she runs to the house and gets the dog in. But now still has to deal with the skunk. So she go back out (I know - CRAZY) - opens all the barn doors to give it plenty of room to make a clean get away!!! She goes back to the stairwell and peeks in the kitty door to find the skunk LYING DOWN!! Like this is the time to nap??? Really??? So now she has sat in a closet with it and it didn't spray and now its lying down? Something must be wrong right? So she called animal control who tells her "we don't have one on now but they only deal with dogs and cats - but I will send an officer out to try to help you" WHAT!!! Like a real cop?!?! So down comes an officer! He decides he is going to remove the cat food in there by taking a broom, putting it through the kitty door and pushing the skunk out of the way and pulling the dish out. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So he manages this without getting sprayed!!!! So after an hour gone by- the officer tells her "I don't think its rabid- just scared- and if it was I couldn't shoot it anyway because if It went though the wall or something it could hit a horse" LOL!!! "Just leave the skunk for a while and it will eventually leave" Great!!! So 1hr and 30 min. later the skunk finally left- AND NEVER SPRAYED!! Lesson of the night- Skunks do not like to spray in close quarters because it is so noxious to themself as well!!!

Well after another wild animal story - it still sounds as if this is an easier situation than dealing with a stupid guy! :-)

That's all for now - stay tuned