How To De Skunk A Dog (and other fun tips)

If you have ever asked someone or Googled, how to de-skunk a dog, I know that YOU feel my pain. I might let Facebook retell this story for me!

Ok, so I didn’t have a lot of tomato juice and everyone kept saying to use a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, Dawn and baking soda.  I called Paul and told him to pick up extra on his way home and tried to contain the situation!

I got both dogs on leashes and drug them to the garage. In the mean time by throat was on fire and my eyes watering from the smell. I read that you needed to get the skunk oil off first, then wash otherwise you spread it all over.

I yelled at my big girls who were home to help the little sick one and put the rest of the kids in bed.

My dog that got sprayed is a very hairy Labradoodle. I could see the oil all over his face, and I tried to get it all off but it just wasn’t happening. I grabbed my haircutting clippers (the cheap ones) and just decided to shave his face. Which let me tell you he loved. NOT. But the smell coming from the pile of hair confirmed it was the right decision. By the time I was done my husband was home and we made up the mixture and washed him a few times. They slept in the garage.

For those of you who don’t follow me personally on Facebook, Miller (the dog) posts entries from his diary every now and then on my page. 🙂 We call them “Sad Miller Diaries” because the dog and his shaggy face look so pitiful all the time.

He spent all day sulking in the shade. The house however was not so good. I realized the smell in the house was not going away and so I started working on that. Washing everything, airing it out, using bowls of vinegar.

Then I had to pick the kids up at school:

Oh yeah! My kids teacher WENT HOME FOR THE DAY SICK because apparently something in the classroom smelled so bad she had a horrible headache. OMGosh!!! My poor daughter was so embarrassed. She did whisper to her teacher that she thought it was her and told her what happened with her dog the night before.

I never imagined their backpacks and clothing would have smelled. 🙁

The kids were able to go to school today and seem to not be too traumatized, although I am sure I will be paying for their therapy as teens, and the dog isn’t sulking… as much. He just looks like a wolf stuffed into a sheep costume with his shaved face!

De-Skunk Mixture:

1 Qt 3% hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 tsp. Dawn liquid soap

Now to figure out how to get rid of the family of skunks that call our backyard home!