Just a quick reminder to people:
If your dog gets nailed by a skunk (as Suka did - TWICE! - today), there's a simple household-product fix:
1 Quart 3% (USP) hydrogen peroxide
1/4 Cup baking soda (NOT baking powder!)
2 Tablespoons liquid dish detergent
Up to 1 Quart tepid water.
Mix ingredients in a plastic container - Not metal
Scrub deep into the dog's coat, taking care to avoid the eyes.
Let stand for five minutes
Rinse out.
DON'T store any left-over solution!
May cause mild coat bleaching. May need to repeat once if the oils have had a chance to really soak in, or your dog was particularly persistent in bothering the skunk (Suka!).
More details, do a quick Google on "Paul Krebaum Skunk" and you'll find the inventor's home page. Yeah, there are commercial products, but this one always works, and it's inexpensive.
Suka may find herself a strawberry blonde in the AM. :-p Oh, and Lin is going to be getting some extra training on 1) How To Tell When The Dog Is About To Screw Up, and 2) How To Recall A Demented Skunk Botherer Before You Have A Problem - Again.
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ACK!!!!!!
I hate dogs+skunk.
Happened ONCE.
Nasty piece of bitness that combo!
I don't normally much mind the scent of skunk musk, but Suka must've bugged the grand-daddy of all skunks. The stink was like inhaling thumbtacks.
One might think she'd have learned the first time, but nooOOoo... She had to go re-run the experiment a second time.
Who was the joker what taught Suka scientific method..?!
Anyway, the Krebaum cure did the trick, but I need to get some saddle soap to restore her collar to prime condition - Cleaning it did more than a bit of damage.
Hank, our overly curious golden retriever, seems to get sprayed every time we go to our family cattle ranch. He has discovered his own remedy for the stench. He rolls in horse/cow manure, jumps in water trough, and back again. It seriously works wonders. We keep joking that we should bottle the stuff and sell it to the masses.
Happy to see your comment today on my blog. It gave me your blog again and I will now add it to my blog folder. (Finally set that up.)
Hej! Glad to see y'all again!
I wonder if the manure doesn't sponge and wick the musk off Hank's coat? Suka was literally dripping in skunk spray all the way back to mid-withers, the second time she got nailed. A sponge might well have taken the edge of the stench right off, now that I think of it.
Oh, by the way - When she gets wet, she's still a skunky girl. Tollerable now, but still noticable. Eh - We don't love 'em for their delicate aroma!
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