Dog + Skunk = Fail

[snatchel]

Brody, our German Shorthaired Pointer, found himself a skunk tonight. It was ... unpleasant for all involved. Thank you Mrs. Snatchel for doing the dirty work while I threw up......

[The Mad Moderate]

Brody, our German Shorthaired Pointer, found himself a skunk tonight. It was ... unpleasant for all involved. Thank you Mrs. Snatchel for doing the dirty work while I threw up......

Awe ya big baby.

[The Annoyed Man]

Been there, done that. Never again. Next time, I shoot the dog and burn the house down.

[GeekwithaGun]

Been there, done that. Never again. Next time, I shoot the dog and burn the house down.

[RPB]

Couple weeks ago my brother and his family awoke to a baby skunk in the house, his daughter was coming up with ideas
1) let the dog in to chase it out
2) get the "old people telescoping reacher grabber"

Those were vetoed by my brother who said "I have to go to work tomorrow, I';m the only one getting tomato juice if we need it" and he
got a broom, and placed it in front of his foot, where the skunk stopped, looked up at my brother and my brother looked down at the skunk in a "ok, what are you going to do" look on both faces.... skunk decided to slowly walk outside through the open door.

So far this year near the Burnet area there's been 2 horses, 1 mule, couple goats and several foxes with the skunk variety of rabies.

[Excaliber]

Been there, done that. Never again. Next time, I shoot the dog and burn the house down.

When I lived in a rural area of New York State, I had a German Shepherd / Lab mix that not only liked to chase skunks (which were plentiful) but also didn't mind when she got sprayed which she managed to do fairly frequently. Since she didn't mind, she would really get up close and personal with the skunk and collected a thorough dousing from the skunk's expression of displeasure.

We did mind.

We tried everything - milk, lemon juice, tomato juice, etc. Lemon juice and tomato juice worked OK, but created another level of mess.

Then we found a product called Odor Mute in the pet store. It came as a dry powder in a box. It was mixed with water, applied liberally, and then washed off with clear water.

Wa - La - odor gone, Becky could come back inside, and we could get on with life.

We made sure we never ran out.

[snatchel]

Hahaha TAM. Shoot the dog and burn the house. My wife loves that puppy, but I did concider it. My gramps had an article tacked up on a board in his house that conveniently gave a recipe for skunk disasters. We mixed it up and bathed Brody with it a few times. Then we let him dry off and we bathed eachother with it a few times. LoL. I still feel like I smell like skunk. Ugh. Funny thing is, my Ridgeback is old and smart enough he stayed FAR FAR away. When I went outside and called them in, Brody came staggering from the shop like he had just been shot, and Rocky came from the other side of the yard. He's old, grey faced, tired, and just knows better (Right TAM?)

[sjfcontrol]

We had a dog that tried to make friends with a skunk about a decade ago. Interestingly, I didn't think she smelled too bad initially, in fact, I wasn't real sure if she'd even been hit. But something was wrong. Anyway we (well, mainly I) bathed her a couple of times, then tried the tomato juice trick. (She came out smelling like a really "off" Bloody Mary!) When I finally went to bed, there was a very faint skunk odor on my hands (couldn't get it off, even with the T-Juice). Strangely, as the night progressed, the odor seemed to get worse and worse. I don't know if the odor was getting stronger, or I was becoming more sensitive to it. I finally had to get up and try even more T-juice and scrub harder. As I recall, it was a couple of days before the smell faded out entirely.

[slowpoke]

Our Rat terrior was sprayed on a camping trip,not nice.
A home remedy of 1 qrt hydrogen peroxide,1 cup baking soda and a squirt of dish washing soap worked very well.
She actualy slept in the trailer with us.

[ELB]

One of my kitties got sprayed one time, and she didn't seem to mind it too much either. She really did mind the tomato bath I gave her. I didn't have any tomato juice on hand, but I did have fresh tomatoes, so I cut them up, mashed the pieces in my hands, and rubbed the results into her fur, followed by regular pet shampoo. She really did not appreciate all this effort, but it worked like a champ, except for small spot just above her eyes--- I didn't wash so vigorously around her face.

Funniest skunk story I know, luckily not first hand:

Friends of mine, mom/dad/four kids, rented a large rustic cabin for a week or two. Couple nights they heard rustling in the attic/loft, which they decided was a raccoon. Got a live trap, set it, went to bed. Deep in the night, they hear rustling and the trap bang or clang or whatever live traps do. They all rush up the stairs to the attic loft, fling open the door --- to see a very unhappy skunk in the live trap. He immediately blasts everyone. Funny enough, but here's the punchline:

They shower and bathe and scrub and wash clothes for three days, finally decide they got it all. Since it is now Sunday, they go find a local church and join the congregation. Halfway thru the service, they realize that seats and pews nearest them are now empty...

[sjfcontrol]

My wife's family was traveling thru rural Missouri in "caravan". The front car hit a skunk. The front car was fine, but the second car got hit by full-on skunk spray from an extremely irritated skunk. To this day they have arguments whenever traveling as to who gets to ride in the first car.

[sjfcontrol]

Another story...

We were having a BBQ at a friends house. While the "wimmin" were inside doing kitchen stuff, us guys were out back with a few brews and "helping" our buddy BBQ the meat. Suddenly, a VERY LARGE skunk, carrying a baby skunk in her mouth, calmly walked up on the patio, crossed between us, and disappeared down a hole on the other side of the patio. The momma skunk seemed totally unconcerned about us (but you can bet we didn't move a muscle!) Also, It was a beautiful animal! The tail fur was quite long, and each strand stood out in perfect position. With a baby in her mouth it was a sight to behold. But not one I'd really like to repeat anytime soon. I was surprised she seemed so calm with a baby, walking between 4-5 guys. I guess she wasn't worried about taking us all on if she had to!

[doc.lonestar]

had a dobbie back when I was stationed in wva - he was a massive dog. We were all out grilling one night and running around the corner of my house comes my dobbie being chased by a baby skunk. Skunk sprayed him pretty good - caused him to be an outdoor dog for a little bit, but in the end he learned a valuable lesson... dont mess with a skunk

[The Annoyed Man]

The last time it happened to us, my dog Jenny, the one that died back in March, found a baby skunk in our backyard in California. She picked it up in her mouth and bullyragged it. Of course, it fired a broadside right in her face. Then she came back in the house, very proud of herself. The funny part was what it did to our cats, of which we had two at the time. The female cat immediately wrinkled up her face and started howling, yowling, growling, and hissing at anything that moved—me included. You'd have thought there was a bear in the house. (Come to think of it, it smelled like there was a bear in the house.) Our other cat, the male, a good natured overstuffed tabby came over to see what was wrong with her, and she promptly whooped his butt. Seriously, she was in 150% fight mode, and driven there by the smell.

A week later, I had to take our dog to the vet for to update her vaccinations. They made her wait outside. I commented on the cat thing to the vet. He said that it wasn't that unusual; that cats are very sensitive to strong acrid odors, and it will drive them right out of their minds. He said it was because it is a really strong animal smell, and they are reacting to it as an indicator of the presence of some other really large dangerous animal that is so large that it doesn't care about its own stench.....kind of like a bear.

Anyway, she was wound up tighter than a drum, and I was afraid to get near her as I cherished keeping my skin intact. I couldn't even walk past the couch she was on because she would hiss and swat at me for just walking by. This from a cat that normally like to fall asleep just under my chin on the couch.