My Dog Just Got Sprayed By a SKunk

[LadyVapentine]

It smells like death.

SHe didn't get sprayed in the eyes.

She is so cute but she smells like a pile of skunk poo smell.

Any suggestions???

 

[LouisLeBeau]

tomato juice bath. It's the only way.
If a skunk sprays me, do I have to bathe in tomato juice?

 

[LadyVapentine]

tomato juice bath. It's the only way.
If a skunk sprays me, do I have to bathe in tomato juice?

Oh man. Oh man. I don't have any tomato juice. I just tried to use vinegar and baking soda and dish soap. She smells better so far but she is wet and unhappy. Lol.
Thanks for the advice, @LouisLeBeau. I'm gonna have to keep some emergency tomato juice on hand. She is a natural hunter of things.
There have been a bajillion skinks lurking about. I think it might be a conspiracy.

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[Train2]

Yep - that's what I've heard too. Tomato juice bath...

 

[Train2]

Awww. she looks so sad...

 

[diabolique]

Yep... Tomato Juice Bath is the only way to go to neutralize the odor.

 

[LadyVapentine]

Awww. she looks so sad...

She hates water soooooo much.

So, here are my initial observations.

I used the formula that was made out of dish soap, baking soda and vinegar.

The acrid, nose-murdering smell of skunk seeeeeeeemed to have disappeared.

HOWEVER (the plot thickens) today when I was in the car with her, there was this suspicious smell that can be described as nothing else but, say, maybe....poo-like (that's the most scientific term I can think of)
So it seems she may have to go to the tomato juice spa this evening.

I will keep everyone posted as things unfold.

 

[phephner]

All you need to know:
The Recipe & Directions

 

[LadyVapentine]

!!!! @phephner this might be what I was missing.

It felt like trying to half-... a recipe when you're baking, and then still expecting the cake to not come out flat...because I didn't have peroxide, but I figured it would be ok without it (since this happened so late in the night and I didn't feel like going out to buy any).

She's gonna get another bath tonight. Perhaps a luxurious tomato juice shower, followed up by a lathering of perxoide, baking soda, and soap.

I can only hope she learns from her fear of bathtubs that skunks are not scratch 'n sniff!

I like the pooch in your avatar!

 

[phephner]

Definitely forgo the tomato juice. It just makes a mess and more work for you rinsing it off the dog and yourself.

 

[LadyVapentine]

Definitely forgo the tomato juice. It just makes a mess and more work for you rinsing it off the dog and yourself.

Thanks for the heads' up. Yesterday became a "family shower" of sorts anyway. LOL

Lots of my friends' dogs are getting skunked lately too. Skunks are so darn cute. But they seriously have some effective self defense!

 

[mackman]

Phephner is correct H2o2 baking soda and dawn detergent is all you need

 

[philbh]

My last dog got sprayed 5 or 6 times, she didn't learn. So i kept a stash of tomato juice. So one night she comes in stinking again. I stick her in the tub and head for the stash, but it's not there. The (now ex-) wife drank it... So, next best thing (all I had) was spaghetti sauce - chunky, garlicky - my favorite. It worked, but the chunks were hard to rinse out, lol.

 

[LadyVapentine]

My last dog got sprayed 5 or 6 times, she didn't learn. So i kept a stash of tomato juice. So one night she comes in stinking again. I stick her in the tub and head for the stash, but it's not there. The (now ex-) wife drank it... So, next best thing (all I had) was spaghetti sauce - chunky, garlicky - my favorite. It worked, but the chunks were hard to rinse out, lol.

HAHAHAHAAAA. This is pretty hilarious and totally something I could see happening to me! Did she (the dog) end up smelling more like garlic than skunk?

It sounds oddly appetizing.

I sometimes try to find weird perfumes to buy, but I don't know if I would wear a spaghetti sauce one. Don't forget that this was a thing for a while, but I kind of feel like it would jut make dogs eat each other

 

[phephner]

Phephner is correct H2o2 baking soda and dawn detergent is all you need

From The Recipe & Directions:
4) Two preferred brands are "Softsoap" and "Ivory Liquid". As far as auto-decomposition of the peroxide is concerned, the surfactant package in these two is fairly inert. Heavy-duty grease-cutting brands such as "Dawn" are less inert, and hair shampoo is probably the worst.