You are sooooo LUCKY! Hubby woke me up in the wee hours saying not to let the dogs out because he smelled skunk. One was sprayed a couple months ago, pew. The best remedy is hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dishwashing soap. That’s not the time to measure so just dump a lot into a bucket and give them a bath. If it’s warm enough, a shave helps a lot.
This time of year is skunk breeding time, which is why many are being killed on the roads - they are definitely active, out and about. A family member’s dog got sprayed maybe two weeks ago. The other two dogs that were along didn’t get directly sprayed, but after being in the same pen/sleeping area, they needed a bath as well. I knew about the peroxide/baking soda/detergent mix which is recommended by the humane society & passed it on for use on the dogs. They get a bath in that solution, then again with a shampoo just for dogs. I think this worked for the “skunked” dog and freshened up the other two as well.
I thought I kept smelling a little skunk yesterday - it turns out that my garden shoes are oh so slightly odiferous - but not so bad that they can’t stay in the mud room. I think the skunk sprayed when the trap door slammed closed on it - probably scared it pretty bad. It definitely had sprayed at some point. After walking in the grass around the trap, the shoes must have picked up some smell.