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Sooooooo, my 2 year old Golden Retriever, "Murphy" managed to get a good "skunking" late last night. Don't remember any recent threads on this and thought I'd ask for some tricks or suggestions.......if there are any at this point. Last night right after I got my shower a little before 11:00 p.m. I let the dog out afterwards and that's when it happened. I ended up taking 2 showers within an hour or so. Although this is no laughing matter, it is rather comical when you think of it to see their surprise reaction and hope they've learned their lesson. But somehow I doubt that's the case with most dogs.
Bathing him at 11:00 p.m was JUST what I wanted to be doing at that late hour and especially on a Sunday night because I HATE Sunday nights as it is. DS went online and read that if you dont' have "Skunk Out" you can use a mixture of hydrogren peroxide, baking soda and dish liquid. I know about the tomato juice, but I did that to my last Golden Retriever years ago and he turned "orange" for days!!!!
The mixture above did a nice job of "bathing" him, but his nose will forever smell like skunk I'm afraid. We slept last night with ALL the windows open, ceiling fans going, oscillating fans, blinds up, etc. and now again since I"m home from work for the evening.
Also, I'm thinking of steam cleaning my family room carpet where the smell seems to linger the most, but unfortunately, since it's on him (and he gets penned in there during the work day, I'm afraid that room will be skunky forever and a day. Sometimes steam cleaning also tends to leave a funky smell itself on certain carpets so I might even make it worse.
This is such fun I cannot stand it.........NOT!!!! Anyone know when skunk season ends???? I've heard a lot of people catching them in traps this time of year. I'll probably have to take Murphy out on a leash now instead of letting him run loose at night in our fenced in yard for fear it'll happen again!!!!!
Bathing him at 11:00 p.m was JUST what I wanted to be doing at that late hour and especially on a Sunday night because I HATE Sunday nights as it is. DS went online and read that if you dont' have "Skunk Out" you can use a mixture of hydrogren peroxide, baking soda and dish liquid. I know about the tomato juice, but I did that to my last Golden Retriever years ago and he turned "orange" for days!!!!
The mixture above did a nice job of "bathing" him, but his nose will forever smell like skunk I'm afraid. We slept last night with ALL the windows open, ceiling fans going, oscillating fans, blinds up, etc. and now again since I"m home from work for the evening.
Also, I'm thinking of steam cleaning my family room carpet where the smell seems to linger the most, but unfortunately, since it's on him (and he gets penned in there during the work day, I'm afraid that room will be skunky forever and a day. Sometimes steam cleaning also tends to leave a funky smell itself on certain carpets so I might even make it worse.
This is such fun I cannot stand it.........NOT!!!! Anyone know when skunk season ends???? I've heard a lot of people catching them in traps this time of year. I'll probably have to take Murphy out on a leash now instead of letting him run loose at night in our fenced in yard for fear it'll happen again!!!!!
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