Thanks Bill!!! So I'm going to bleach my Golden Pyroxide Blonde? CooleeO! He's going to look like a Pimp Daddy Golden. I'm going to give him a rest day and then another bath. I can live with the smell of old french fries for a day. He was asleep within 10 minutes after I dried him off and slept next to me all night. He has only been awake today to eat and go outside to check the yard for Maurauding Killer Cows who are are not where they are suppose to be!
The Poodle is holding the Fort, from the top of the porch, but only if the door is open and she can dash inside so only her muzzle and one eye is outside. She has yet to tangle with a smelly Black and white Kitty but I'm sure it's just a matter of time. It seems to have been a Booming year for skunks. I hope the coyotes and skunks have some sort of battle royal and take eachother out. They are going to need their relish.
Lori
Ann-Marie has asked me to pass on that Dawn is a good dish detergent to use, because the skunk spray is oily. Also, our girl dog, Mollie, got it in the mouth too - she was also drooling from the blast. We found that it was a lot harder to clean the smell off of her, as it seems to be coming from the end of her nose. The boy dog, Milo, cleaned up each time with no trouble.
Bear in mind also that skunk spray can cause temporary blindness in dogs, and skunks that come out in the daytime might be rabid; they're usually nocturnal and there seems to be an increase in rabid skunks here in Michigan this year. Make sure your dog's rabies shot is current; unlike humans, there is no set of shots you can get for a dog once bitten by a rabid animal; the state will destroy your pet if you don't.
We found this recipe the hard way - having tried the other advice one normally hears. Didn't find this right away, but once we did, it made a huge difference. Mythbusters also tested various remedies, and they also say this one works. Tomato juice *appears* to make the smell go away; that's because it kills YOUR sense of smell. Leave and come back, and you'll find out the smell isn't really gone at all; or ask someone to come over to your house and you find out the same thing. So don't bother with that.
Now we are keeping peroxide and baking soda in the house in quantity. One word of advice; don't try to store the stuff once you mix it up, and don't keep open bottles of peroxide - it turns into water and then it won't work anymore.
Here's my two morons:
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