<p>We came home from a party tonight about midnight. Let the dogs out and a few minutes later they came back both sprayed in the face by Pepe Le Pew. We use a skunk de-oderizer (works to some extent only), but I was the one who had to get in the shower with one dog and then the other. In the past we tried tomato juice on our late collie and it just turned him pink. The poor Golden Retriever got it bad in the face tonight and was frothing for awhile. The whole house reeks. Uck…I HATE that smell…</p>
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<p>It will get rid of the smell on the dog. (I used to have a dog who never quit figured out skunks – we have a lot of skunks in the area and it was a regular winter occurrence for her to get skunked, so I always kept a de-skunking kit handy)</p>
<p>Clearing the odor from the house is another issue entirely. I used to burn a lot of incense. </p>
<p>(My skunk problem has since been resolved-- different dogs and I’ve made sure there is no possible way for skunks to get into my yard or under my house)</p>
<p>Condolences. I have no words of advice, just condolences.</p>
<p>My mom used to use beer. I’ve no idea whether that worked (works). But use the cheap stuff if you try it!</p>
<p>Calmom has the right formula. That is the best thing - not perfect but it helps. I talked to a lady who had a pet skunk. (glands removed) She said the best thing to get rid of the smell is to boil vinegar and water …and then set the pot in the offending rooms. I can’t decide if it works or that the vinegar smell is just less offensive and over takes the skunk smell. We put plastic “fencing” around the bottom of our iron fence. That has helped some - but they can still get skunked through the fence. It’s a lot better than a direct hit though. </p>
<p>If you know a skunk has moved under your porch or deck, the skunk lady told us to do this - and it works. Shore up the area best as you can in daylight - but leave an opening for skunk to get out. For example, under the deck - we put a plastic fence all the way a long the deck and left one hole. Well after sunset (they come out at night) go ahead and close up the hole. We had one under a porch in a hole and two hours after sunset I blocked up the hole with rocks. Both times this helped the skunk find a new home.</p>
<p>That is good advice about how to block their home. We sprinkled flour around the spot so we could see if there were tracks going in or out. We didn’t have Any activity even though we kept smelling it in the house.</p>
<p>We had the wildlife guy set traps and didn’t catch one.
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It had fallen into a hole in the crawl space under our kitchen. For 2 weeks it sprayed and our house smelled. Then it smelled like sour dead animal- it was awful.
H had to get his car detAiled and we dry cleaned a lot of clothes.
The wildlife guy came out and removed it. We sprayed ferbreeze in the vents and furnace filter. That might work with air conditioning.</p>
<p>I heard ****** works on skunk
I’m not sure how that was discovered, or how I feel about that</p>
<p>lje62, your word was bleeped. Try again, please.</p>
<p>I hate that smell. We had a golden who was always getting skunked. We tried everything. CalMom’s recipe is the best but it doesn’t take it totally away. I think after a few days you think the smell is gone but you have really just become used to it. We would have people come over and first words out of their mouths were Your dogs got skunked. One issue we had is that I think the collar would get skunked. We had an electric fence collar on our dog and it wasn’t like you could toss it. I would scrub the collar as well with the peroxide recipe.
Once spring rolls around I am pretty firm with my H that the dogs go inside once it gets dark. Though as careful as you can be you get that occasion like Sylvan where they run out and right into the skunk after only being outside for minutes.
I keep the cupboard stocked with peroxide and baking soda.
Good luck. I can smell that terrible odor just thinking about it. Yuck</p>
<p>We have two sets of collars and rotate them. Throw them in the hot washer and that seems to do the trick. But I get the electric collar - might be harder. </p>
<p>About two months after one of the skunking, I took out a smooshed up plastic bag that was in that room - and the skunk smell came wafting out of it. Geeez.</p>
<p>God was mad at someone when he made skunks.</p>
<p>We used the above formula on the dog. I simmered cheap vanilla extract (fake is fine) on the stove to help with the house smell.</p>
<p>My dog just freaking loves skunks. She’s been skunked well over a dozen times. What we’ve found works the best is this: my dad grabs her and washes her with human shampoo ASAP in the shower. We always get to her fast enough to get it off. The trick is to wash it before it dries. DO NOT let them get on the carpet or anything. That odor is downright impossible to remove.</p>
<p>Good luck. Dogs can be such a pain sometimes (but so worth it) :p</p>
<p>Well, I’m glad to know that my poor deceased Aussie mix wasn’t actually the dumbest dog on the planet. I understand a dog getting skunked once. It’s the second time that’s a mystery to me. (Skunks usually won’t let loose if they are left alone. It’s the barking and snarling dog rushing at them that triggers the reaction).</p>
<p>Oh my , I’ve been sensored ! The word is dooosh , but not used in a negative connotation :D</p>
<p>Get baby shampoo for the face. It’s hard to use peroxide around eyes. But baby shampoo doesn’t hurt their eyes. I have an emergency kit with dawn soap, new unopened classic blue kind, gloves, baby shampoo, old leash, and old wash clothes.</p>
<p>Dawn does really well, skunk spray is greasy, and dawn really gets the job done without the tomatoe mess.</p>
<p>Reading through this thread makes me thankful that I have heavy and high fence</p>
<p>My dog was skunked last year and ran through the house and rubbed against the curtains! The first most important thing - a full over bath will just spread the skunk oil all over. The trick is to just clean the skunk oil area. Months and months later when she goes to the groomer they can still smell a little of the skunk - she got sprayed pretty good.</p>
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<p>“High” doesn’t help. The skunks dig their way under.</p>
<p>My backyard skunk problem was solved after my large, 65-lb dog died, and I adopted a teensy 7lb terrier from the pound. The terrier promptly dug under the fence and went into the neighbor’s yard. So to keep the terrier at home, I needed to use bricks and wire fencing to ensure that there are no gaps in the fencing and no possibility of digging a hole underneath the existing fence. I check regularly, with plenty of help from my little dog.</p>
<p>I got the recipe for the alkaline hydrogen peroxide solution at the tail end of our skunk season last year and didn’t need it, but I’ve got everything ready for this year. I’m glad to hear from all of you that it works. We previously have used doooosh. We got that tip from our vet who told us to use Massengill vinegar and water. It has other ingredients besides vinegar and water that make it work pretty well and the best part is it didn’t need to be washed off. I always felt so stupid buying mass quantities of it, so I was eager to try the hydrogen peroxide. Our dogs never learn! They get sprayed every summer, usually more than once.</p>
<p>Our vet said there are two kinds of dogs. One who gets skunked once and never again. The other- who never learns. Unfortunately, our two are the later.</p>