Well, after 33 years of owning dogs...

[AdoreMyDogs]

It finally happened..............Boone got skunked last night. The dogs spent their first ever night outside in the backyard last night because of it.

This happened as I got off my part time evening job at 2AM, as I let them out for their final night time potty. I got it all over me as I tried to venture outside to check for any skunk corpses in the yard. They didn't kill it but they chased it out of the yard and as it ran out, it sprayed them, Boone got most of it, Kersey was effected slightly.

3AM by the time I got to bed, couldn't sleep....so, so, so foul in the house. Everything stinks. My eyes hurt. My nose hurts. I keep coughing and holding back vomiting with each cough. I got up out of bed and went to Walmart and bought some shampoo and a bunch of tomato juice. In Walmart, away from home, I can tell I'm covered i skunk spray from the dogs rubbing on me. Got home and have been awake all night washing everything in the house and myself in tomato juice. About to go outside and give dogs first round of tomato juice bath. I don't know if I should bathe them in shampoo first and then soak 'em in tomato juice or vice versa. What else works? Anyone have tips? I haven't slept yet. I dont think I can sleep unless this smell starts to clear up. It's nausiating.

The house smells the same this morning. Absolutely no improvement.

Help

[Daisy and Delilah]

That is terrible!!!!! I've never had this problem before but I wish you luck getting rid of that smell. I hope you get some sleep too!!

[Taz_Zoee]

I copied this from a past thread because I couldn't remember the portions. But Zoee was skunked a couple years ago, right in her face. I did the tomato juice and this recipe several times, plus I tried other remedies. Honestly, the only thing to completely get rid of it is time. Zoee smelled like skunk every time she got wet for about 6 months.
But she is a long haired, double coated dog. If I recall Boone and Kersey are short haired. Just try this several times.

This odor remover is made from simple household ingredients:

* 1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide
* 1/4 cup of baking soda
* 1 teaspoon of liquid dish soap.

Do not store remaining solution in a closed container because it will explode.

Oh, also check their ears. Zoee had it in her ear and we had to clean out her ear real good too.

Good luck, and I'm sorry you didn't get any sleep.

[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?