Skunked dog

[21]

****. Help. Have no tomato juice, no chance of getting any. Does tomato soup work?? I know the baking soda cure, but no peroxide to mix it with. One dog hit, one escaped. Going to die from the stench. ****. Ideas?? Can I just fling him into the storm and hope he gets clean?

 

[slappy4428]

Have Boom call him. Make it his problem.

 

[Machine Head]

This says white vinegar can be subbed for the hp:

http://odors.getridofthings.com/get-rid-of-skunk-smell.htm

I've never tried it. No idea if it works..

 

[21]

Dog is starting to smell like a salad from all the stuff i'm pouring on him.

 

[Machine Head]

Did the Screaming Flying Woot Monkeys set him/her up?

You know, lead the dog to where the skunk was, dive bomb the skunk and let the dog take the blowback.

 

[slappy4428]

freakin monkeys.... always untrustworthy...

 

[21]

They screamed EFFIN IRENE before the Woot choppers took off. ****ing monkeys, you know they're in bed with the skunks.

And the poor dog? It's the breed used by Navy SEALs. A malinois. They can take apart a refrigerator and turn it into a motorscooter in under four minutes, but can't spot a skunk in the bushes. Unbelievable.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

I don't know about the tomato soup, but it seems to me it should work and might even work better because you rub it in. I wouldn't dilute it with water. Just open the can and rub it into the hair real good.

My boxer got nailed once and it went in his mouth and everywhere. The tomato juice killed the smell on him, but I started force feeding him those breathe strips that dissolve.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Expect the smell to linger for a day or two. My dog growing up got hit a couple of times and the tomato cure only diminishes the smell, doesn't get rid of it entirely.

 

[21]

Forgot to mention, Malinois' are waterproof. Whatever you pour on them just rolls off. Dog runs into a lake, comes out dry. Impervious to everything but skunk gas, I guess.

 

[westcoastvol]

A little too late, but smell aside, the first trick is to get the sting off your dog, especially if it took it in the grille. Always keep a few big cans of tomato juice in the pantry for this. The acidic content in tomato juice neutralizes the acidic content in the skunk spray and calms your dog down so the pooch doesn't rub its nose in all the furniture and such trying to stop the stinging sensations. If that happens, it's time to crop dust your pad with Febreze.

 

[Buck]

The worst.
No real cure except time.
Tomato juice and other remedies only reduce the smell. Skunk spray is like Jordan. You can't stop it; you can only hope to contain it.
Keep dog outside as much as possible.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It took $40 worth of tomato juice and about a week and I had a small dog at the time.

 

[shockey]

in '77, a tomato juice bath attempted by myself and four other 20-year-old well-intentioned idiots on my dog skippy. she still reeked, the saddest sight was seeing all wo loved her shun her during this time.

only a trip to the vet for a 'skunk bath' did the trick. she emerged the best-smelling mutt on the planet!! 8)

it took just one $10 visit to do the trick.

 

[TwoGloves]

Tomato juice is fairly useless but you can get stuff at any pet store that works fairly well. One of our dogs got skunked TWICE in four months, both times the day before we were leaving on a trip. The first time all our clothes were laid out in the living and the smell followed us 200 miles to Niagara Falls. We had to guy new sweatshirts to stay warm. We ended up leaving the piece of luggage in a hotel parking lot outside Toronto because it smelled so bad! Fresh air is the best thing for the house.