Comments on: How to Remove Skunk Odor From Your Dog

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on 8/17/2008 Great suggestions, overall- but PEOPLE: FEBREZE IS TOXIC! It has all sorts of chemicals in it; its for fabrics, NOT to apply directly on your dog!! Dogs, like people, absorb things easily through their skin. So, please don't use Febreze to clean your dog...there are so many other gentle and effective and safe alternatives.

on 8/17/2008 The tomato juice idea is a complete myth. Do no use it, unless you want your dog to smell like both skunk and tomato juice. You have to use peroxide and baking soda, or white vinegar and baking soda.

on 3/9/2008 The peroxide mixture works pretty well as a first step to get rid of the skunk smell while you are waiting for your bottle of OdorXit to come in the mail.

on 1/26/2008 All remedies are somewhat effective. You're nose will definitely become fatigued and you will think the smell is gone but a visitor to your house will definitely notice the smell. Skunk oil is the carrier of the odor and it sticks to everything. You have to remove the oil. Although many people read that acidic juices cannot but mask the odor, they do infact remove quite a lot of the oil. It may take three baths in juice to get most of the oil off the pet. People tend to repeat things they read on the Internet and it becomes like gossip. All the peroxide recipes are the same so I suspect most of the postings are gossip. It should be effective but probably not much more than juice or detergent. It is the detergent that acts as a surfactant to loosen the oil and let it wash off.

on 1/21/2008 Thanks everyone, my dogs picked the coldest night of the year for their skunk encounter !! EWWW !! I did the peroxide mixture soak... my dogs each weigh about 100 pounds so I led them into my shower for the rinse-off. Dino was really nervous about it until I began to wash him in the body wash I usually use. He is familiar with that scent and calmed down right away. Also he really appreciated the eye drops. I really hope they learned their lesson LOL we just moved out to the country and I really don't care to go through this again !

on 10/20/2007 My lab was sprayed BIGTIME, as was I. After reading all these comments, I headed to the drugstore to purchase Peroxide..they didn't have much left.I purchased what they had. The pharmacist added more information.She shared with me an even more effective treatment prior to the bath.Get a large can of coffee, the type used in drip machines. Do not wet the grinds.Take two handfuls of the dry coffee grounds and rub them briskly into your dogs fur. Use lots.When it falls out on the floor or deck or tub, scoop it back up and reapply. I was amazed at how much odor it was releasing.Just about made me puke the odor was so strong but I kept rubbing him vigorously with it and let him sit outside for a while and then bathed him. AMAZING RESULTS FOLKS...ADD THE COFFEE TO YOUR REGIMEN!

on 10/20/2007 My lab was sprayed BIGTIME, as was I. After reading all these comments, I headed to the drugstore to purchase Peroxide..they didn't have much left.I purchased what they had. The pharmacist added more information.She shared with me an even more effective treatment prior to the bath.Get a large can of coffee, the type used in drip machines. Do not wet the grinds.Take two handfuls of the dry coffee grounds and rub them briskly into your dogs fur. Use lots.When it falls out on the floor or deck or tub, scoop it back up and reapply. I was amazed at how much odor it was releasing.Just about made me puke the odor was so strong but I kept rubbing him vigorously with it and let him sit outside for a while and then bathed him. AMAZING RESULTS FOLKS...ADD THE COFFEE TO YOUR REGIMEN!

on 9/23/2007 Both of my dogs (one with lots of thick fur, the other with a thinner, smoother coat) were sprayed by a skunk late Thursday night.
Icalled for advice and were told to bathe them in a vinegar/water mixture bath. It masked the smell for about an hour or so, and then the smell came back, worse! My husband and I were exhausted so we went to bed and decided to deal with it the next day. I have never had a dog get skunked before, so I didn't realize how bad of an idea this was! It is now Sunday evening and both dogs still smell horrible. All together now, I have tried the vinegar bath, the hydrogen peroxide/baking soda/Dawn bath (which did help but only temporarily, and was not easy to do around their faces where the smell is the worst!) and also the store-bought "Natures Miracle - Skunk Oder Remover". Everything seems to work for a short time. What should I do now that its 3 days later??

on 9/27/2007 The Mythbusters did a show on this, except they tried it on themselves instead of a dog, but I think it should work anyways. They found that using tomato juice might work, but the best way was by mixing hydrogen peroxide+baking soda+dish soap. It took care of the smell right away!

on 7/16/2007 Tomato juice is a mask for skunk smell when you go into olfactory fatigue from the smell - it does not equalize of remove the scent. Any hope of removing the scent comes with a standard mixture of 1 qt of 3% hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup of baking soda, and 1 teaspoon of dishwashing liquid like Palmolive. This is the standard recipe recommended by mulitple wildlife and animal protection agencies. The mixture will foam, use it right away (it is the oxygenation that removes the scent) and NEVER store in a closed container. You can find this recipe all over the intenet with a quick Goodle search.

on 5/29/2007 This does not work. You've been watching too many re-runs of 70's TV. I've tried tomato juice and it does not work. It is also very expensive too. I have empirical evidence (4 skunk sprays on my critters)that proves the only effective way to minimize the smell is the following: 1 qt. hydrogen peroxide, 2 tbs dishwashing liquid, 1/4 cup baking soda. Mix dishwashing liquid and baking soda first. Then add peroxide. Coat your animal with this mixture and massage thoroughly. Leave mixture on for up to 5 minutes then rinse. This will not completely remove the stink but it will bring it down to a manageable level until the smell finally goes away after a month or so.

on 3/10/2007 Use an empty spray bottle
50/50 peroxide and water, a squirt of dawn dish detergent and 2 tablespoons of baking soda mix well then spray down your dog and rinse. This works.
Keep skunks away with ammonia. Pour it under decks, around trash cans etc. Be careful not to get it on plants and shrubs.
Lemon pepper oil (found at grocery stores) diluted can be sprayed on plants and shrubs or on your grass to keep them away.

on 9/25/2006 My Schnauzer got a direct hit in the face night before last.
A wildlife trapper told me peroxide helps remove skunk odor.
I diluted peroxide with water - 50/50 - and rinsed him in the laundry sink. I then lathered him up with Dawn dishwashing liquid. Rinsed, then used coconut scented Suave shampoo.
It worked well.

I washed him again last night, because I ran out of peroxide the first time. He is neutralized. I also washed the clothes I was wearing in a mix of vinegar, Dawn and Suave shampoo,
then washed again in All Free and Clear and a little ERA.
That worked!
Hang in there!

on 9/19/2006 Hydrogen peroxide with baking soda plus dish soap will take care of most of the smell.

To chase the skunks away, or keep them away from your yard, get a bottle of ammonia and a few old rags. Soak the rags with some ammonia and throw them under where you want to keep the skunk away, or where they've already moved in. Skunks cannot stand the smell of ammonia and will move or stay away.