Well, after 33 years of owning dogs...

[lizbud]

Oh no. I wish I had some advice to offer, but it hasn't happened to us
as yet. I know there have been other threads about getting rid of skunk smell
but don't remember anything else specific.

Good luck with the cleaning & hope it works quickly.

[MoonandBean]

When my Stryker (all white husky) got skunked, we tried the tomato juice bath at 11pm. It didn't work and he turned pink...LOL! We called him the "energizer husky" for 2 days. What did work was a professional bath at the vet! He came home whiter than ever and smelled perfect! Good Luck!

[AdoreMyDogs]

Thanks everyone. Sofar Kersey smells good enough to be inside, but I don't want Boone to get lonesome outside by himself. He's just totally in love with Kersey (how could he not be, she's an angel), and being without her will be too stressful on him, so she's outside with him. He's really, really bad. We've done several tomato juice baths, shampoo baths, dishsoap baths, baking soda/peroxide/dishsoap baths and he's still so, so strong. I have to keep them outside tonight again I miss them so bad. They haven't come in the house all day and I miss them like crazy. I'm not sure how some people have outdoor dogs, just about all my neighbors here keep their dogs outside and it kills me to have them out another night.

I was able to take a 2 hour nap while Quinn napped, so at least I've slept some, but 2 hours isn't very much.

The spray got sucked into our air conditioners so the inside of the house is beyond foul. I'm not sure what we can do about it except spray off the AC unit with the hose, which we've done.

I appreciate the good ideas. I might take Boone in for a professional grooming at Petsmart if there is no improvement tomorrow. I miss my babies

I went to the butcher shop and bought a cow femur bone and had it cut in 3 pieces and that's keeping the dogs occupied and probablly taking their mind off being alone without their family. Have I mentioned I miss my babies?

[AdoreMyDogs]

Here are a couple pics of them taken a few days ago, just for smiles.

[Spiritwind]

The vet clinic I worked at most recently, we used this shampoo stuff called "Skunk Off" I think it what it was called... We had a shepherd mix come in once that had just gotten skunked and I worked on her for a couple hours atleast, maybe more....

First she got a bath with skunk off... and I follow the directions on the bottle.. afterwards still very strong skunk smell.. so finally I had to do another bath on her, I soaked her down with this shampoo head to toe used a whole bottle on a 45lb dog.... and then put her in a run in Iso (because she had the whole hospital smelling).. and let that shampoo soak on her for over an hour... then threw her back in the tub and hosed her off... I think by the time she was dry she was tollerable... but if she got just alittle wet for several months afterwards she smelled like a skunk again...

[K9karen]

Although I've never seen a skunk here, I sure can smell them at night and first dawn. We have a lot of groundhogs and a trapper once said skunks are lazy and live in abandoned groundhog burrows.

Leslie, that's my biggest fear. I'd be freaking out to the point of a heart attack. Logan would have to be alone outside and that's never happened.

My first thought was Quinn. Is she OK? Will her next words be "P.U.Skunk?"

I hope Boone (and Kersey) are more sweet smelling by the day. Did you check at Petco or PetSmart? There's gotta be something out there that works, but on the web are the ingredients Taz mentioned.

Good Luck.

[mr.chiwawa]

Belive it or not Tea Tree shampoo will work. You can use a small amount on the dog and water it down. A little will go a long way. It's a trick I learned while in beauty school. As for your Ac's take out the filters and use a diluted bleach sloution to get the smell out. Then rinse them in your sink. It worked for my neighbor and their black lab mix so I am sure it will work for you. Best of luck and I hope it all works.