Dog sprayed by skunk! Need HELP NOW!!

[CherryBlossom]

i know this is waaaaaaaaaaay off topic, but does anyone by chance know how to help the process along of removing skunk smell from a dog??????
He just got sprayed within the last 1/2 hour and dear god is it dreadful!!!!
THanks!

[Fat Hack]

Tomato Juice or V8 is supposed to work.

(Bathe him in it...don't feed it to him!)

[Hellbound_Hootch]

tomato juice bath,,,

MISS hootch

[Fat Hack]

Bet Fido sleeps outside for a few nights! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[ESnacky6]

what they said... or so I hear...

[Levis Classic]

Use a healthy mixture of baking soda and warm water it will help cut the smell. Then use a GOOD shampoo like AVEDA. its expensive but it works. I have had this happen morte than once with my hound!

[Dirk]

Tomato juice is supposed to get rid of the smell. Saw it on TV once.

[SwitchbladeTeeth]

doggo sprayed by skunk + electric razor + tomato juice + baking soda + high voltage electric current + bathtub = no more worrying about bad smelling skunk dog http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Seriously some tomato juice and some baking soda outta do it. Then i like the idea of a nice shampoo for a good "smell me good coverup"

[CherryBlossom]

Thanks...ive always heard about the tomato juice thing...but ive also heard it didnt really work. LOL
ill try the baking soda thing....i think im gonna wait til tomorrow though, they'll just have to sleep outside tonight. *sigh*

[Fat Hack]

A friend of mine owns a dog grooming shop and she has some stuff made especially for that...ummm...occasion!!! But, I doubt you wanna drag the hounds down to Livonia for a de-tox treatment! (But I can aske her what the stuff is and where to get it tomorrow if you'd like!!)

In the meantime, it's tomato juice or a doghouse moved FAR from YOUR dwelling!!

[hotrodladycrusr]

It sounds like the wash is a job for MIKE http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Good luck sweetie

[CherryBlossom]

surfing the net has turned up
1 qt. of peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
and a teaspoon of dish soap
but im gonna have to BRING HIM INSIDE TO DO THIS!!!!!!
ARGGGGG I can't even go outside without my stomach turning!
Its really that bad. LOL
damn dogs!

[hotrodladycrusr]

Big washtub from WallyWorld, you know, one of those colorful plastic ones with the rope handles, out in the yard tomorrow with, I'll repeat, Mike doing the washing. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[CherryBlossom]

riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight
mike doing the washing?
you've met mike denise.
:P

[safariknut]

Believe it or not the best thing to use is a mixture of white vinegar and water or(and I'm REALLY NOT making this up)Massengil feminine hygiene products(liquid).
I had a German Shepherd that got sprayed one night and not having any tomato juice(it really isn't too good anyway)ran down to a local convenience store to get some.They were out of it so I got a bunch of small cans of tomato paste figuring it was the same thing.
My dog didn't like getting wet to begin with and a friend of mine and I finally managed to get him into the bathtub and lather him down with the paste.After about 6 cans of the stuff he decided he had enough and proceeded to do a long drawn out shake.Boy if that bathtub didn't look like a scene out of,"Psycho" I don't know what would.Wound up putting him down in the cellar for a couple weeks.Couldn't get him near a bathroom again.
Another time my Doberman tried to bite a skunk in the ass(at least I think she did because she got it right down the throat)and damn near choked to death!I think she thought it was a cat as she had done that before to cats and only got her nose torn to shreds.Stupid dog!
Anyway try the vinegar;it works.
Ray

[=mike=]

use orange GOJO , it cuts oil based shit ( which is what skunk stank is . . .oil based stink juice ) I have done it several times with my dog and it works wonders . and smells nice & orangy . I garuntee it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[CherryBlossom]

Yanno mike THAT sounds like a good plan. I just gave them both a bath...apparently 1 didnt learn from the others mistake....in the peroxide, baking soda and dish soap mixture. Seems semi ok. It just smells SO BAD OUTSIDE right now, I can't tell if its any better or not - and I'm not gonna let them IN to find out. LOL
So if they still stink something fierce tomorrow...Ill do the gojo thing - i don't think theres ANY getting the one dog back in the water again.
thanks for the help guys!

and ray..ive heard the massengil thing too....i bet the dog would LOVE that. LOL

[slazzen]

you gotta use the traditional style V8 to keep it car related or this post could get booted dont use the new spicey stuff

[CherryBlossom]

LOL
he'd prolly eat it faster than i could wash him!
again, thanks for all your help guys....
both dogs took off once I let them outside...hopefully they didn't run away because Im so MEAN for giving them a bath. Its smelling better outside, and i've got every candle in the house burning. Wish us luck upon their return! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

oh, and if this post gets booted - id completely understand...you were just the first people I knew of to turn to, that might have some unknown kickass remedy!

[Mel]

Just make sure you're not using the pumice gojo as that will rip up and sting like mad on skin that's not tough. I once used it to get marker off my back (don't ask) and my back was red for the next two days. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Good luck.
~Melissa

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Safariknut is dead on, do it this works great! I thought I invented that. Looks like I'll have to leave the dog outside the fence just to invent a new formula http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[D Picasso]

Massengil....ha!

here's what works: Simple Green and Febreeze. SG cuts the stinky, horrible filth, and Febreeze [corn-based, nontoxic] knocks out the stank.

get this: brother's German Sheperd chases a skunk inside the bro's house, skunk jet-bombs the whole friggin' domicile. then it wouldn't leave! we went in after it with a spray bottle filled with tomato juice, until I pointed out that contrary to our assumptions and actions, tomato juice is not, in fact, a skunk's natural enemy. we found out skunks have two scents: bad, and teargas. we called this backup stank "The Afterburner". it made strong men flee like scared Brownies. aaaAAAkk!

[pikesan99]

You're killing me.. nice story!

[gregg]

Safariknut beat me to it! It worked on our dog when she got sprayed. The hardest part was buying the case of massengil; I sure got some funny looks!

[**DONOTDELETE**]

We've been having a problem here with unleashed dogs turning up dead. I may have solved it.

[Curly]

For this topic being so far off topic it looks like a lot of people have run across this before! The peroxide works pretty good...at least that's what the neighbors on both sides tell me. Wait til the first time the dog gets wet! A little of the stink will surface! My dogs haven't been hit (Yet) but both neigbors dogs have gotten it bad.

We trap them polecats in live traps, throw a blanket over the trap and then throw the trap in the lake, wait 15 minutes, retreive the trap an toss the dead skunk.

Sounds mean as hell but if you use a leg trap they can lift their tail and make a big sink. The live trap doesn't give them enough room to lift their tail. The blanket is to protect me, if they see where my hand is they'll bite!The drowning is a quick and painless death, a release would just let me be a target.

[topdeadcenter]

Vineger and water DOUSCHE! Works the best! Unfortunatly I think this experience is just part of being a dog owner. Don't even bother with the tomato juice, it "kinda works", but not half as well as the dousche.

TDC

[radarlover]

It sounds like you have already bathed them, now get a bottle of vanilla extract and mix it with water in a spray bottle. Spray em down and brush em. Does wonders.
Dave

[Plowboy]

Mine get sprayed about once a year. I have tried the tomato juice thing, but I dont think it works too great. The orange gojo is by far the best thing I have ever tried. It works great and leaves 'em smelling good. I'll have to try the Febreeze trick next time though.

[Bruce Lancaster]

Tomato/V8 absolutely does not work. Very minor change in smell, and impossible to stop dog from shaking it off all over your wall and ceiling too. The peroxide base mix (I haven't needed it myself, thank heavens) is praised by all the country dog owners I know:
http://dogs.about.com/library/various/blskunk.htm
And--it's worth going to the hardware and spending whatever it takes to buy a washtub or storage bin you can use outside. Just walking the dog through the house to the bathtub is something you will regret for six weeks. Do the job in a bathing suit, then slather yourself with the peroxide mix or you will soon find out how few friends you really have.

[CherryBlossom]

Yeah bruce...my left hand smells like skunk now. Had I had gloves in the house, I woulda wore them...but of course I didn't. Well, they both still reak...so...I dunno weather to buy the GoJo or the Massengil....maybe both?
As for the peroxide/baking soda mix....thats what is recommended by my vet and Popular science. Didn't do much for my dogs though. Go figure.
THanks for ALL your help guys, I appreciate it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[53choptop]

My Rotts got sprayed once pretty good, killed the skunk even, the peroxide mixture does work if mixed right.

Rey

[Bruce Lancaster]

Story from my Grandfather: Several years ago, mebbe 1919, his dog got nailed by a skunk. A helpful friend suggested a quick dip in gasoline...after about .0002 seconds in a washtub full of gas, the dog exited and was seen going over the fence ten feet off the ground at a speed not attained by aircraft until many years later...dog smelled fine when he returned, but that was two weeks later, so not much was proved.

[Fat Hack]

SJ...that "Sniper Kitty" is the funniest thing I've seen in a while! Thanks for the laugh! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[wingnutz]

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doggo sprayed by skunk + electric razor + tomato juice + baking soda + high voltage electric current + bathtub = no more worrying about bad smelling skunk dog http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Seriously some tomato juice and some baking soda outta do it. Then i like the idea of a nice shampoo for a good "smell me good coverup"

[/ QUOTE ]

Tomato juice is bullshit ..., but the baking soda might work! If not..., the above suggestion will definitly work http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

My "Friggen dog got blasted, I tried every thing and couldn't get rid of the smell. He had to sleep in the garage for a week! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

That made my cars smell like "Skunk" and my dog smell like gasoline! (which is lots better than Skunk!)! As soon as the smell went away from him, he went right back there and got sprayed again!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

GOOD LUCK!!!!!

Mark

[Bruce Lancaster]

Yeah--my old dog got nailed twice by the same skunk. The first time, he thought he was going to have a pleasant cat chase--the second time, he thought he was going to slay the evil cat who had used immoral Weapons of Mass Destruction. Two long, painful nights, one of them spent finding out that Quick Check's entire stock of tomato juice had no effect on skunk, the other wasting all the liquid soap in the house. Still, people let me alone at work for a long time...

[Fat Hack]

I just talked to my friend who owns the Dog Grooming shop,

She says that she has some stuff called "Skunk Off", but that you can do as well at home with the water/peroxide/baking soda lather. She said to leave it on for 15-20 minutes and rinse it for at least five more. You will have to repeat it a few times in a severe case, and may have to re-do it over the next week or so as the dog gets wet and the smell comes back out of it's pores.

(She also says that the old powdered douche formula works GREAT, but that she doesn't think they sell it anymore!)

Good luck!

[CherryBlossom]

Well, holding a dog in a bathtub for 15-20 minutes with gunk all over them, is not gonna happen in this here household! They won't have that.
I washed them both again just now....Nitro in GoJo (non pumice) and Macy in Massengil (fresh flower scent, hey! she's a girl, I couldn't resist!) They just took off again, mad at me...so we'll see how they smell when they get back. They both have skunk on their snouts, which ya kinda have to stay away from with all this crap...don't want it in their eyes and mouth.
Bleached the whole bathroom....least its better than skunk!
again, you guys rock! And I'm REALLY proud of all you o/t post nazi's...I know how hard it must have been for you to leave this alone :P
Thanks guys http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[kustombuilder]

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Big washtub from WallyWorld, you know, one of those colorful plastic ones with the rope handles, out in the yard tomorrow with, I'll repeat, Mike doing the washing. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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i was at work when this happened, it was momma who was suppose to be baby sitting and making sure the dogs did'nt play with the pretty black and white kitty!! besides i'm too busy to even be reading this http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif gotta run to Battle Creeek to deliver a motor. thanks for voluntering me Denise, i'll get you for this http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Mike

[cleatus]

OK, one more tip.

If you want to keep your dog from shaking when getting a bath and covering you and your house with water/soap/gojo/tomato juice etc., do this:

Right when they first start to shake, just slap them on the top of their back just ahead of their hips. It kills their shake reflex and they stop.

You don't need to slap them hard, it's not a punishment thing, it just ruins the reflex.

[Hellfish]

at least it wasn't a porcupine!

http://www.geetrish.com/pictures6/092903.jpg

[CherryBlossom]

Oh god Joe, that looks awful http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Well.....
Massengil, followed by GOJO has my vote. The dogs are virtually skunk free...all but their dog tags (which I can't get the smell off of at ALL) and their faces (couldn't clean them as easily)....so they're back inside and happy about it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Thanks guys!

[D Picasso]

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at least it wasn't a porcupine!


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Jesus Holy Mother of God. why did I have to see that? poor dog. Christ!