Dog got Skunked, Help!!!!!!!!!

My baby Sissy got hit with a skunk last night, she is 95 pound Lab/Boxer mix. Tried Tomato juice shampoo but she still is burnin my eyes. Any suggestions.
Thanks in advance.

Well, my Mom used to use canned tomatoes. I suppose there's something that's more "whiz-bang," "green" and "enviro-friendly" these days but I don't know what it might be.

Tomato juice is ineffective. Here are some suggestions.
Stinker

Used to be a product called Skunk Off or Skunk Away. Came in a small spray bottle from the vet. Really worked good.
Paul

I have a bottle of 'Nature's mircle' skunk odor remover I picked up at the local farm supply. This is a natural enzyme shampoo that works real well. Marketed by a company called 'pets and people' of Rolling Hills Estates, California.
Save the tomato stuff for pizza topping.

always had good luck using shaving creme. bill m

1 qt hydrogen peroxide

1/4 cup baking soda

1 teaspoon liquid soap

Mix in an open bucket. Wash and rinse a couple of times. Works excellent.

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bgoathills recipie is the best ive used it regularly, our dogs get sprayed about 4 or 5 times a year, seems after the first time the stupid mutts seek out the skunks to fight, i guess it makes the dogs mad or something

Here you go hal.

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There you go hal. You"de think people would have better things to do with their lives

Handle ain't right Hal.

Tomato juice uncut works good on beagles.

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Send your wife to town for some "Summers eve". She should know where to get it. A friend of mine is the local nuisance trapper for this county. He gets sprayed every now and then and says this is the best remedy, other brands do not work as well according to him. His wife buys it by the case for him. I bet she gets some funny looks.

My wife has a pet grooming shop, and has dozens of skunked dogs to clean up every year. She uses the formula with baking soda, peroxide and dish soap. She uses dawn dish soap.

Does any carwashes have any of those dog washing stations around ,they have a de skunking sent shampoo that should help .

Masingil and vinegar...like a douche. A lady told me about that after her dog got skunked, and I haven't found better. That tomato juice or paste stuff don't get it...been there, done that, don't get it. The first time my lab got it was point blank and so badly concentrated, took a couple of days just to get to normal skunk after using tomato based products. Thats when that lady told me about Masingil and vinegar...like a douche. Sure I felt stupid going to the drug store and buying it, but I tried it, vast improvement. Give it a shot.

Watch your dog's eyes. Seems to me that when dogs get it in the face by skunks, especially the eyes, does something to the tears ducts and their eyes will seep or water for the rest of their lives (the eye or eyes hit). That happened to my lab whom got it point blank in the left side of his face...left eye mattered and watered for years, and it happened to the neighbor's dog as well.

Good luck.

Mark

Another drafting dodging Skunk

Here you go SNUGGLES

Here's a web site on what to use when sprayed by a skunk. Hal

http://www.projectwildlife.org/living-skunks.htm

Try this web site for skunk spray. It gives some
remedys that's been mentioned. I put this on Mark's posting by mistake. Hal
PS:There's a spray called O-T spray do a search it may be available in your area. Suppose to be very good. My wife saw it on QVC.

http://www.projectwildlife.org/living-skunks.htm

My wife said she ordered it from QVC. I gave you the wrong item info. It's called Don Ashlett's Odor Neutralizer, order number V13286. It's known as the X-O spray and here is their web site. Hal

http://www.xocorp.com/products.asp

PS: It may be available in your area.

We used this before with luck, but your dog will still have an aroma about him for a few weeks. Might shampoo with flea or baby shampoo for extra odor control.

The Recipe & Directions


The Skunk Remedy Recipe

In a plastic bucket, mix well the following ingredients:

1 quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide

1/4 cup of baking soda

1 to 2 teaspoons liquid soap



for very large pets one quart of tepid tap water may be added to enable complete coverage.

Wash pet promptly and thoroughly, work the solution deep into the fur. Let your nose guide you, leave the solution on about 5 minutes or until the odor is gone. Some heavily oiled areas may require a "rinse and repeat" washing.

Skunks usually aim for the face, but try to keep the solution out of the eyes - it stings. If you have any cuts on your hands you might want to wear latex gloves for the same reason.

After treatment, thoroughly rinse your pet with tepid tap water.

Pour the spent solution down the drain with running water.

NEVER, ever, store mixed solution in a closed bottle, sprayer,etc. Pressure will build up until the container bursts. This can cause severe injury.

**********Notes**************

1) Clean plastic mixing containers and utensils are preferred. Metals encourage auto-decomposition of the peroxide.

2) Hydrogen Peroxide 3% solution is usually sold in pint (500ml) bottles, so you'll need two. The 3% grade is often marked "U.S.P.", meaning that it meets the standards for medical use and purity as set forth in the United States Pharmacopoeia.

The use of other strengths/grades is not recommended unless you're a chemist, and even then a trip to the 24-hour drugstore is much better than a trip to the emergency room.

3) Use baking soda, not baking powder. "Arm and Hammer" is one popular brand. Baking soda is also called: Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, U.S.P., Bicarbonate of Soda, and Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate. Do not confuse any of the above with Washing Soda, which is Sodium Carbonate. Washing Soda is about 100 times more alkaline than Baking Soda and can cause skin burns to both you and your pet.

4) Two preferred brands are "Softsoap" and "Ivory Liquid". As far as auto-decomposition of the peroxide is concerned, the surfactant package in these two is fairly inert. Heavy-duty grease-cutting brands such as "Dawn" are less inert, and hair shampoo is probably the worst.

5) Once mixed, the peroxide slowly breaks down into water and oxygen gas. Thus it gets weaker with time and so it should be used promptly. The exact rate depends on temperature, pH, and catalysts such as trace amounts of metals (iron,etc.) in the soap and/or tap water.

How much pressure will the complete decomposition of 3% hydrogen peroxide produce in a closed container ??? It depends on how full the container is. Assuming negligible solubility of Oxygen in water, a bottle half-full of peroxide will develop about 140 psi. A bottle 3/4 full would develop 420 psi. This can do a lot of damage.

Highly pure hydrogen peroxide decomposes very slowly if kept cool and in a dark place, a few percent a year. The more dilute solutions usually decompose faster (due to impurities in the dilution water) and have a trace of stabilizer added. So why aren't the bottles in the store bloated or bursting ? Look carefully inside the cap... you'll see some very tiny holes in the cap liner to let the oxygen gas escape. A good reason to always store bottles upright.

Look for an expiration date on your peroxide. If you're using stuff which has been sitting around in your medicine cabinet for years, buy fresh peroxide.

6) Tepid: lukewarm.

She probably don't get as many funny looks as he would if he bought it by the case.

go to your vet and get skunk off

"Grandpa's Pine Tar Soap" is excellent for skunk odor.