My dog ran away and got sprayed by a skunk.What ways can i rid of the stinch?

Be real.My dog ran away and got sprayed by a skunk.What ways can i rid of the stinch?
These tactics WILL NOT work very well:





Bath in tomato juice


Spray with lemon or orange citrus


Masking agents like perfume or Fabreze


How do you eliminate the odor once you have been sprayed by a skunk? Well first of all, you or your dog should have known the warning signs ahead of time. A skunk will give many clear signals before it sprays. If threatened, it will stamp its front feet, arch its back, and shuffle away. If you don't leave right away, it will turn its posterior toward you, raise the tail, and release the smelly musk, a sulfur-alcohol compound, from special glands near the anus. This spray not only stinks, but burns and can cause temporary blindness if it is sprayed directly into the eyes. Since you didn't take heed and got sprayed, here is how to get rid of the smell:


Here is the secret recipe that WORKS. Mix the following:





1 quart 3 percent hydrogen peroxide


1/4 cup baking soda (sodium bicarbonate)


1 teaspoon liquid soap or dish detergent


Mix these together and bathe (';shampoo'; in or rub down) the spray victim thoroughly.


Be sure to use this mixture immediately after it is created, as it is unstable.


Rinse with tap water afterward, and repeat if necessary.


For spray in the eyes, flush with water as soon as possible.





If you can't go to all of the trouble of buying hydrogen peroxide at your local drug store, then a 2% vinegar solution will help a bit. But please, don't bother with the old tomato juice tactic unless you want to smell like skunk + tomato.My dog ran away and got sprayed by a skunk.What ways can i rid of the stinch?
My dog got sprayed by a skunk several years ago, and the


smell can be unbearable. I washed my dog in tomato juice.


It sounds strange, but it's an old remedy. It really works. Do


it about three or four times and the smell will be gone.
Summer's Eve Vinegar douche (several depending on the size of your dog).
Use the recipe listed above using peroxide, baking soda, and detergent. blue dawn dish soap is what i used. They had it on myth busters a few years ago, and like two days later my dog got sprayed, and it really does work!
instead of water use tomato sauce when you wash your dog.that should do the job
Bonzie is correct. Tomato juice is the old remedy that still hangs in there regardless of better methods.





With the peroxide you may get some bleaching of hairs, so don't leave it on long enough to make your dog blonde.








If you still have some skunk scent left, listerine rinse helps.


You can use a generic brand, but it needs the real alcohol, not the alcohol free ones.
Give it a bath in tomato juice.





I beg to differ with Bonzie, my dog got sprayed last week and that is what we used. (we have skunks all over the place where I live, right next to the river, that must be why) But your dog does end up smelling like tomatoes. Try Bonzie mix and see, ya never know, sounds like it might work and smell better than tomatoes.