My dog got skunked tonight

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Ken Cox

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Greetings.

My dog got skunked on his nightly walk.

It took me awhile to figure out what had happened and I actually brought him into the house before I fully recognized it as a skunking.

We have washed him in hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and detergent, followed by vinegar and shampoo.

We have also set out coffee and bowls of vinegar in the house, and we have boiled cinnamon on the stove.

I'll rent an ozone generator in the morning.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.
 
i have also heard the tomato and lemon juice technique. after squeezing the lemon juice out make sure to give the pup a rub with the lemons after kinda like soap. limes are good too in helping mask some of the smell..

the only way it'll really go away is over time..
 
Hi, Ken. Sorry about your dog...

I'm assuming that you followed a recipe similar to what is found on this website (Click here) and that your bottle(s) of hydrogen peroxide are or were relatively new/fresh before use?

The only other suggestion, also mentioned on this site, IIRC would be Febreze spray.

That's all I got for ya. :) ...Hoping it's enough!

 
For those who have to deal with this in the future:

Deal with this immediately, time makes it worse.

Wash the dog first with one pint of hydrogen peroxide mixed with 2/3 cups baking soda and two tablespoons dishwashing detergent (not shampoo).

Rinse.

Wash dog with one part apple cider vinegar to two parts water.

Rinse.

Get carpet professionally cleaned.

Install Ozone generator for 24 hours...you get them from people who repair fire damage, who also do carpet cleaning.

You must leave the house for those 24 hours.

For myself, I need to start walking with a headlamp at night so that this doesn't happen again.
 
Dumb beagle got nailed twice, border collie once (she learns...).

Peroxide/baking powder/soap formula is the only one that works. I've also used the pet store skunk enzymatic shampoo, but used it in conjunction with the peroxide.

If you have carpets, use the "pet odor" carpet powder to help get the stink out.

Trying to mask the odor doesn't work.

Beyond that, only time will make the stink go away.
 
Went through this a few months back. The vinegar seemed to help as much as anything. We also washed the dog in dish detergent after everything and then I sprayed him with a scent neutralizer I had for hunting. The dog was OK but you could still smell it on him when he got wet. Good luck with the carpet and +1 for Febreze.
 
Ken Cox said:
Greetings.

My dog got skunked on his nightly walk.

It took me awhile to figure out what had happened and I actually brought him into the house before I fully recognized it as a skunking.

We have washed him in hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and detergent, followed by vinegar and shampoo.

We have also set out coffee and bowls of vinegar in the house, and we have boiled cinnamon on the stove.

I'll rent an ozone generator in the morning.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.
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KEN i know where your coming from, same thing happened to us last summer. dont waste your time on those old womans tales, you want something that will work fast and get rid of odor.

I made a post a couple months back about a product that work amazingly well for me, gave us fast results, called "Skunk Odor remover"
it can be found in most pharmacies for little under 5$, the bottle is white, with red writting and cap, if this helps, I forget who it's made by. :thumbup:
 
Try a pet store. There are several products such as Skunk Off, Natures Miracle, etc. that are made for this. Will work lots better than 90% of the home remedies. Well worth the $5-10 a bottle costs.
 
We went through this too this past February. The dog needed out in the middle of the night while we were asleep, which was unusual. He is a Basenji, so he doesn't bark, so I thought little of it; only that he had to do business. He must have heard the skunk outside rooting around and took off after it when I opened the door. I grabbed the flashlight and saw the polecat running one direction and the dog yipping and going the opposite direction. Got shot right in the face. He sheepishly came back to the house gagging and I knew we were in trouble.

We made a huge mistake in not taking care of it right away. Since it was cold out, we put him in a crate in the garage and went to bed thinking we could clean him up in the morning. The smell permeated everything in the house when the furnace kicked on and it was our constant reminder for 2 weeks. It also made it much harder to get the smell out of him the next day; even with the very short fur the breed has. It also ruined the crate.

We tried everything listed above, and then some. We even gave him a smoke bath with oak leaves after hearing that tannins could neutralize the oils. Dish detergent made the biggest difference however.

We've since had to get a shock collar unfortunately for training. He is the most stubborn dog I've ever had to train and had to resort to such a thing. It is difficult for him to resist his urges to chase something down, as they were bred for hunting in the jungle by coursing. It does work though, and it works well. He has seen another skunk though, and there was no need for the collar. He learned his lesson with that one at least.
 
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Man, I just shooed a skunk from the front porch earlier today, it wasn't even dark yet. Those crazy bipedal spraying mammals will go on two legs and "fake" spraying some times before they actually do. If you tether your dog before that, you may have a chance to kee p from that spray. We have two skunks in NC, a spotted and a striped version.
 
heh, 2 days ago I drove past one on my way back from work, little bugger was coming out of the tall grass, no more then a couple feet from my car, as soon as he herd the car his tail flew straight up.. cute :)
 
The only thing that will definitely work better than anything mentioned above is hypochlorite bleach. It quickly oxidizes the sulfide compound in the skunk spray to a sulfate, which has no odor. But you have to be very careful using it on animals and dilute it with water before use. On surfaces in the house it would be the best choice.
 
highly concentrated lemon juice can be bought in large jugs. Beats squeezing them.

i would'nt use fabreeze, its a toxic chemical soup that the dog can lick off their fur and ingest.
 
Man, pup must have received quite a dose. We have used the peroxide, baking soda, detergent mix before and that took care of it. Never had to resort to the other items.
 
Johnny Apple Dog said:
tomato juice with the juice of 5 lemons works for decomp smell
should work on your pup ,good luck
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Don't know about lemon juice, but ever since I was a kid, we have washed our pups with tomato juice when they got too close to a skunk. After the numerous times, I think they just liked the tomato juice :D.
 
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