Bookworm on Dec 07 2009 at 11:39 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
Bad combination: skunk, dog and couch. The skunk got the dog, and the dog got to the couch before we could stop her. Yikes!
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In the neck of the woods where I grew up, the remedy was a bath (for the dog) in tomato juice. I know several people who tried it, but I don’t recall any saying that the dog smelled great afterward. Does Febreze help?
Heard that same thing from my granny, who grew up in wilds of Manitoba. Seems kinda messy, I’d go with vinegar – a more neutral color.
Well, sounds like time for a new couch, anyhow — hope this is good news!
For sure, I’m not aware of ANYthing that will get that smell out of the fabric, if the dog was well and truly sprayed, and had time to effectively “share” it with said couch. (Wonder what Jonah’s couch would say in this situation….)
Our experience with skunk was to have the dog antagonize the B&W devil right underneath the intake for our HVAC, which was ventilating the house on a warm night…..Yikes! But, after a month or so, even my wife couldn’t detect the odor anymore. I doubt you’ll be as lucky with your couch….sorry.
We had a dog fight a skunk to the death on the front porch once. Fortunately she was an “outdoor” dog.
Also, had a couple of class mates in junior high who skinned a skunk. They came to school on Monday morning but were promptly sent home. I don’t know how they got de-odorized but they were back in class a couple days later.
I seem to have gotten most of the odor off the dog, and I did so with things around the house. I first got rubbing alcohol on her, simply because I was operating on the principle that the spray is oil based. That actually helped a bit. I think rubbed baking soda into her fur. After it sat for a minute, I added vinegar, which may not have done anything, but had a lovely bubbly reaction. Then, shampoo. Rinse, and repeat — four times. As for the couch, I discoverd that we were lucky that she had plopped onto a pillow and a blanket, rather than the couch itself. Those have been washed once. I’ll see soon if they need a second wash.
When I was nine years old, on a day when my fathter was done on a work-related trip, a skunk was caught in the live trap in our garden. In the spirit of her pioneer women ancestors, my mother took charge. She shot and buried the skunk herself. Had to be done, so she did it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb7wS6_NpWo Home Videos Channels Pepe´le Pew Scent imental over you with Danish subtitle
Book, I had problems in posting some videos on the Pearl Harbor thread last night: your software added http//: to them. But it doesn’t appear to have happened this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb7wS6_NpWo Pepe´le Pew Scent imental over you with Danish subtitle
try this
Recently saw the Mythbusters’ segment on skunk odor. You’re on the right track. They found soap, baking soda and hydrogen peroxide to work best. Tomato juice was plausible. I believe it was supposed the oxygen released reacted and neutralized the skunk odor causing chemicals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_(2004_season)#Skunked.21
Vinegar, which I had around the house, was my answer to peroxide, which I did not have.
All’s well that smells well.
Gringo
Pepe video could not load. Maybe a problem with youtube’s software.
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What you do is to get a large box of powdered Massengill Douche.
Yes, douche. Think about it. And make it. Powdered since you can then mix up an extremely concentrated solution.
This will, with strenuous application, solve this sort of problem. For the dog, for the couch, even — for a bit — for the skunk if kept in a sedated state.
I know. I have lived this.
That’s certainly not one that would have occurred to me. Baking soda, yes. Douche, not so obvious. Fortunately, quick action seems to have obviated 90% of the problem, and I guess time will care for the rest. Mostly I hope that my dog learned her lesson and doesn’t do this ever again.
Interesting, Mythbusters found the douche to be ineffective even though it is essentially vinegar and water. It must be the oxidizing affect of the soda mixed with vinegar/hydrogen peroxide that does the trick.
My sister’s dog, who was quite smart and well behaved, didn’t learn. They kept a close eye on him when they let him out at night although development of the area reduced the interactions. She called late one night in a panic since he’d gotten sprayed and she was out of the vet provided treatment and didn’t have tomato juice. She ended up using a jar of spaghetti sauce for the night then off to the dog groomer the next day. I believe smelling like an italian dinner all night finally taught him a lesson and he avoided the indignity after that.
Well, your dog’s smellage may vary, but in my experience 10% still caused the dog to be shunned by the whole family for quite some time. Not exactly “pettable.” The douche worked to work down the 10% as well. Powdered may be hard to find, but perhaps it comes in “Spring Meadow” these days.