Isn't that the saddest little face? The dogs went with the Captain to cut fire wood like they always do. The dogs stirred up a skunk. Andy got SKUNKED! This must be our year for farm firsts. The mice...and now this. :) LOLSo my husband is going "Do we have any tomato juice?" No. So he says "Do you think pizza sauce will work?" One of the reasons I love him so much...he always makes me smile! :) Uhhh...no honey, I think that would only add the problem, because it would be a mixture between bad skunk smell and good pizza smell which cannot be a good combination AND the white dog would be stained red.
So we looked online and found a recipe that worked really well and didn't leave us with a permamant negative imprint of skunk smell + food smell. 1 quart peroxide, 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 teaspoon dish soap. Sponge it over doggy immediately after mixing, let sit for 5 minutes, rinse well. I only had a pint of peroxide, but we figured it would work since Andy is a small dog. And it did!
He is recouperating today after the trauma of getting skunked (which I have read is very irritating to their eyes...as IF the smell alone wasn't already bad enough!) and then dragging that smell around farm (he was tail-between-the-legs depressed & embarssed about it), and then the dreaded bath. Poor puppy dog. I do hope he has learned his lesson!
AWWl, I hope he'll be alright. That had to be a scary experience.
ReplyDeleteHe was back to normal yesterday afternoon, doing his usual thing of whining at the drawer we keep the flash lights in because he loves chasing the light and wants to play!
ReplyDeleteOh poor baby!!! What a sad face!!! Did hubby have to bathe in the deskunker too? lol
ReplyDeleteVicks Vapor Rub...my pap says it is the cure all. When the chicks have a cold you smear it under their wings so when they tuck to sleep at night, they gat the vapors. But in this case it helps other birds not pick at a sore spot.
poor puppy dog! cool online remedy you found jennifer! i imagine he was embarrassed to be smelling like that! lol isn't farm life the best?! hugs :)
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