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I WANT TO DIE. I just got in from taking the dogs out to pee and Copper licked, rubbed and poked his nose into something. Something RANK. When he came into the kitchen for a drink of water, I bent down to smell his face since an odd smell was coming from his direction. Jesus Mary Mother of God Holy Saints Peter Paul Mary the Apostles Holy Love of Everything Holy. I have never, and I have a sensitive nose, smelled anything so bad in my life. I spent the next (full) two minutes clutching the sides of the sink and gagging, my face purple. I have never known a stench like that. I could try to describe it - diarrhea mixed with throw up mixed with a can of rotten soup - but even the description wouldn't do. I called Bud and almost cried. I want off this ferris wheel.