Oh, sh!t! Pee-yooey!

Bernie Brewer · Oct 6, 2007

So I'm just sitting around watching the Red Sox/Angels game, drinking a few homebrews, and then I smell it. A damned skunk has just sprayed. Oh, no, one of the dogs is outside! I go to the door, and sure enough, here she comes, running with her tail between her legs. I let her in, and she starts trying to rub against anything she can find. I threw her in the tub and gave her a bath. It helped a little, but I think I'll have to take her to the groomers tomorrow, if they're open. Dammit, I better not miss any of the Badger game tomorrow. GAWD, that reeks!

Brew Runner · Oct 6, 2007

Call me weird, but I don't mind the smell if it's reasonably faint.

HOWEVER, I do recall a time when a skunk went off right under one of the house windows(summer time) and it was so bad it made my eyes burn. There have been a lot of them coming around this season because of drought conditions and there are water troughs near the house.

Almost two years ago, late at night I was walking down a big mine shaft out in the desert(camping trip). I was about 400ft in when I saw something out of the corner of my eye.......it was a whole family of the little stinkers getting a drink from a spot where water was dripping from the ceiling. It was a definite "oh sh!t!" moment, but they were more worried than I was and skedaddled.

ScubaSteve · Oct 6, 2007

I've heard tomatos (juice/paste/diced/etc.) will help with the smell...just rub it into the dog's coat.....When I was a kid our German Shepherd got sprayed.....worked for him!

Evets · Oct 6, 2007

This happened to our dog a couple weeks ago. We tried some stuff from the pet supply store called "Natures Miracle" IIRC. It's got some kind of natural enzyme that breaks down the skunk odor. Worked pretty well but not completely.
Years ago, we had a yellow lab that got skunked bad. I put him in the bathtub for a tomato juice bath. Big mistake. He shook off and covered me and the bathroom with skunky tomato juice. The dog still stank.

talleymonster · Oct 6, 2007

My mother in law has a small doggy door. A skunk came in one night and the dogs went crazy. It scared the skunk so bad that it ended up spraying the dogs and the laundry room!

They've actually had a real problem with skunks up there. My father in law (his name is Kurt Russell) sets a trap every night, wakes up in the morning and kills a skunk.

Yooper · Oct 6, 2007

I'm sorry to hear bout that! It's too late now for this time, but I have a "recipe" to help remove the odor. I'll dig it up. It's peroxide, cream of tarter or something, etc. I'll find it. Forget the tomato juice- all you get then is a wet dog/skunk/tomato smell.

Here are some (I think it's the first one that gave us the best results) but it's not the exact one I was thinking of.

http://dogs.about.com/cs/generalcare/p/skunk.htm