Our Australian Shepard went out for her morning romp and obviously curiousity got the better of her... Any tried and true remedies for getting rid of the skunk perfume that my dog is now drenched in? Thanks
Snell,
The only thing that I found that works is a product called skunk-out. You can get it at most pet stores. I keep a bottle handy just in case the dog forgets to stay away from the next one!
Tomato Juice does work. You will still have some smell but it is definitely better. I DO have first hand experience. Unfortunately. /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif
I'm with Von on using the "Skunk-out". We've been buying it for years from the local vet and it's the best product we've found. Still keep tomato juice around just in case, but rely on the skunk out when the dogs get into it with the occasional skunk.
I think de-stinkifying the dog has been covered pretty well, so I'll toss in my two cents about doing the same for the house, if it needs it. Here in the burbs, we occasionally get skunks under the house and sooner of later one 'em of let's loose with a bomb and the whole house reeks. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif
A simple cure is to simmer some vinegar in an open pot on the stove until the whole house is permeated by the vinegar odor. It's only a couple-notch improvement over the skunk fragrance, but when you stop the simmering, the vinegar smell clears up fairly quickly, and the skunk odor is gone.
Done it twice so far, and it works like a charm. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Now don't lecture me about screening and stuff so the skunks can't get under the house in the first place. Been there done that a number of times, only to be thwarted by racoons who continually amaze me at what THEY can get through. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif