My dog got sprayed by a skunk tonight

[BigRed]

This is the second time in two years she got sprayed. You would think that she would have learned to avoid that stink after the first time. Since my wife let the dog out after dark without any supervision, this one is on her. She is out there now scrubbing the dog with a concoction of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. Better her than me.

Looks like I get to sleep alone tonight.

[anchornomad]

Try extract of peppermint to mask the smell. Some put it right in the wash water on the dog, others put a bit on your furnace filter and if the smell is in the house put the summer air on and will put a nice smell throughout the house. FYI Sympathies to you all.

[HwyRider]

Mine have been skunked 3 times. I pour tomato juice, vinegar, baking soda, Murphy's oil soap, and dog shampoo on them. They want to run away but the smell is gone completely and they're great at dusting the house after the Murphy's oil soap.

[Idaho]

Cheap green mouthwash works well.

[caribou]

Been told that vanilla extract works well also.

[ringadingh]

Your solution seems to be the best one that I have found so far, it is a very nauseating odour to get rid of.

[HwyRider]

Originally Posted by BigRed

You would think that she would have learned to avoid that stink after the first time.

They learn to turn their heads to the side as they're getting sprayed. My oldest one got it in the snout the first time. The second time he got it on the shoulder.

My second oldest one got it in the eyes and was blind for a week. I had 2 of them get it at the same time. Tons of fun.

[mick56]

Originally Posted by BigRed

This is the second time in two years she got sprayed. You would think that she would have learned to avoid that stink after the first time. Since my wife let the dog out after dark without any supervision, this one is on her. She is out there now scrubbing the dog with a concoction of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. Better her than me.

Looks like I get to sleep alone tonight.

Every cloud has a silver lining, you wont have to listen to her fart and snore

[HwyRider]

Martin - if your dog still has the lingering smell of the skunk give it a cleaning with Murphy's oil soap.

A dogs skin is normally oily. When you use the peroxide or vinegar it takes the oil out of the skin as well as the skunk spray which is oil. When the dog dries it still has the smell. Rubbing the Murphy's oil soap in to the dog and then rinsing it off puts the oil back in to the skin but with one that smells good. It's the one step that most skun solutions don't think about.

[Loafer]

Good tips all! I like the addition of Murphy's oil soap, makes scents. hahaha

[BigRed]

Originally Posted by HwyRider

Martin - if your dog still has the lingering smell of the skunk give it a cleaning with Murphy's oil soap.

A dogs skin is normally oily. When you use the peroxide or vinegar it takes the oil out of the skin as well as the skunk spray which is oil. When the dog dries it still has the smell. Rubbing the Murphy's oil soap in to the dog and then rinsing it off puts the oil back in to the skin but with one that smells good. It's the one step that most skun solutions don't think about.

Yeah, she still smells a bit. I will send wife out to get some Murphy's oils soap.

Thanks

[BigRed]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

[rickyboy]

Originally Posted by BigRed

Yeah, she still smells a bit. I will send wife out to get some Murphy's oils soap.

Thanks

Ya send your wife out for the Murphy's Oil soap and secure yourself another nights sleep alone.....

When I was about 8-9 yrs old we were on holidays in Ontario at our usual retreat where the owners had made a pet out of a young/baby skunk that the mother had abandoned or something. They had it for a few yrs.. We use to play with it regularly. As it got older, if we got too rough with it or it didn't want to "play",....it use to turn around,...raise it's tail and back up at us. One day, it let me have it. Luckily it hit me in the chest area and not the eyes. I have memories of sitting in an old galvanized wash tub outside the cabin and my mother washing me with a concoction of tomato juice and some kind'a soap. And my dad standing a ways away laughing and drinking a beer. ahhh memories.

Good luck with the dog

[ringadingh]

Ive been sprayed three times over the years, its no fun, the stink is a hundred times worse when you get it point blank.

[rickyboy]

I remember that no one wanted to play/hang out with me for a few days .....even after the scrub down.