Smelly Situation

[Anonymous Poster]

For those of you who don't know, it comes in little packets, soak the pooch with water(warm in winter)
sprinkle on the power and rub it in, let them run around for a while then rinse, repeat as neccesary.
The longer it's on them the better. The last time we had to use it was in late November, let the dog out
around 12:00 midnight. Came running in, then the smell, got him outside again, put on my bathrobe connected the hose soaked him down(with warm water) by the way it was 18 degrees that night!
Good luck
John in N.H.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

There is a natural enzyme product marketed several years ago as "Odormute" You disolved it in warm water and applied it. It was safe on anything warm water wouldn't hurt. It was used for kennel runs, hatcheries and really smelly things. It attacked the source of the odor. Worked better for skunk than tomato juice or anything else I ever heard of. It is safe for man or beast.

Patrick

 

[Snell]

Wanted to say thank you to everyone... Could actually smell the lilacs outside the window this morning - never appreciated them this much.
Now to sit back and wait for our dog's next big adventure... Maybe I should be asking ahead of time the best way to remove porcupine quills???
Thanks again to a wonderful board and some mighty quick responses...
Matt

 

[Wingnut]

never been "fortinate" enough to have to try the tomato bath on my dogs .... but
Maybe I should be asking ahead of time the best way to remove porcupine quills???
... that one I can help you with.
lots of affection to keep them calm ... and gently use a pair of GOOD pliers. Most of them came out pretty easily (the female didn't learn quick ... the first time I had to remove anout 12 quills ... the second time about 25!) but I had to push one through as it was embedded so deep.
Of course ... your mileage may vary ... it might be that Alberta porky's have softer quills ... but there was no lasting damage to either of the goofs ... they only lasted 2 days before trying to eat wasps again ...

too bad that common sense ain't

 

[kevincook]

This is straight from the Vet.

1 quart of 3% Hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 teaspoon liquid soap (dish soap I think)

It works very well.

 

[skent]

That actually works VERY good! The mixture actually neutrilizes the skunks smell. (doesn't just cover it up). The dish soap or hand soap is only to replace the smell of the Hydrogen Peroxide (after skunk smell is neutrilized).

Great Post Kevin!

Steve

 

[Rowski]

Kevin,

Thanks for the RX. It works well. Gets rid of about 95%.

Dog got into a skunk tonight around 10pm. Hosed her down with water in less than 3 mins from the time she got sprayed. Washed her twice better but still not house ready. Used the RX and she is in the house. I don't know what the heck she did to the skunk but she has got the smell inside her mouth and nose /w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif. Any ideas how to get rid of that? I did give her some tomato sauce /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif.

The wife told me to get onto the net and do a search engine to find out what could be done to get rid of the smell. I said Honey "no problem". Got onto the TBN search and got what I needed to get the job done.

Thanks again.

Harv,

Unfortunately the dog got into the house for about 30 seconds right after the spray (her face was dripping wet) and it stunk inside of the house/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif something wicked. Your simmer'n vinegar idea did wonders. Thanks!

 

[Harv]

Yeah, Derek, there's something about dogs and and critters. They've been gone for many years now, but I lost count of how many times my beagles came back with either skunk odor or porcupine quills in their noses. Slow learners, I guess.

Glad the vinegar helped. No matter how you cut it your nose takes a beating, but ain't it amazing how good vinegar smells after you've been breathing skunk? /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

 

[dourobob]

I've used the Massengil and the peroxide solution as well as ade-scenting product sold by a local archery store for hunters wanting to mask their odours - my vote is the peroxide prescription but, thanks Harv for the vinegar recipie when the smell gets in the house. I never really minded the smell of hot vinegar - takes me back to the days of making fresh cut fries at Mom & Dad's little snack bar /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif - no other odours to mask there though.

Bob

 

[rmorgan]

Snell--

Onions. Quarter them and lay them around. They absorb the smell remarkably well. We went to a brother-in-law's cabin a few years ago, and a skunk beat us to the punch by what couldn't have been more than 5 minutes. The inside was eye-watering. He knew about the onion trick, and within a couple of hours the smell was barely detectable.

Is your Aussie a blue merle? We have two eight-year-olds, firmly in the can't-live-with-'em, can't-live-without-'em category /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif. They sure are made for country living!!