I’ll have to try the vanilla recipe for a skunk odor. My little 5 pound Yorky has been sprayed six times now. And he’s been here for two summers. When I told the vet about that, telling her that we were hoping he learned his lesson, she told us we better give up. With that many sprays, he’s not figuring it out.
We’ve been doing the concoction on MythBusters, we swear by that show :-). It’s a quart of hydrogen peroxide, mixed with baking soda, I think about a quarter cup, and a couple of drops of dawn dish detergent. The only problem with that is you can’t get it around his eyes. And he always seems to get sprayed in his face. And then it turns his coat and interesting shade of red, after two or three washings in one summer. That was when we took him to the vet, and she said she had never seen a Yorky quite that shade of red, lol! So I had to confess about his little skunk habit.
When our dog was skunk sprayed, we gave her a bath of canned tomato juice. Plopping her in the tub, wetting her down, pouring the juice over her back and ‘shampooing’ her just as if it were soap. After scrubbing, we rinsed her with clean water and allowed her to air dry. It worked. How and why is still a mystery other than the fact the acid in the tomato might have had something to do with it. Dog smell — why do dogs smell so rank when they get wet? That odor is almost as bad as the skunk attack
ICE: your comment reminded me of an ad seen this week from Wally World. A counter top ice machine. About the size of a crock pot, toaster, or percolator It makes ice cubes for you ...FAST. Saw the ad on line, never noticed the actual product on the store shelf. Just something new and unfamiliar with them.
BTW, you’re more than welcome to visit; but after the transition to tapatalk, the place is a mess and there has been little time to work on house keeping. Lost a lot of info (over 10 years worth) and at this old age wonder if it is time to just give up the ghost and wash my hands of it. LOL If Fraiser was able to give up an obsession, perhaps it can be duplicated.