A smelly confrontation can sink a press conference. The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) was to stage a demonstration in Cleveland today on how mail carriers can ward off dog attacks, as part of its National Dog Bite Prevention Week. But as ideastream’s Brian Bull reports, the star got literally skunked the night before.

USPS spokesman, David Van Allen, says they were ready to demonstrate how carriers protect themselves, but the trained dog they were going to use met a skunk the night before and got sprayed…leading to the event’s cancellation.

Demo dog or not, Van Allen says carriers have their ways.

Dog bites are in the headlines. A viral video from California shows a dog biting a young boy in his driveway, only to be chased away by the family cat.

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Skunk Odorizes Dog, Postal Safety Event Cancelled