Comments on How to Get Skunk Smell out of Pet Fur

After several encounters over the years a professional animal trapper recommended wetting my German shepherd with Massengill douche. Worked Fantastic! Ph balanced - no irritation - doesn't discolor fur.

Vinegar helps to remove the odor from dogs' fur. My dog recently got sprayed and the vet told me that of all the other things, vinegar works best.

My dog Shiloh got sprayed by a skunk and I looked for a new way to take care of the smell, the old ones just tried to mask the odor, but this one did the best job. Hydrogen Peroxide (2 cups) 2 cups of White Vinegar 2 Tablespoons of Baking Soda Pet Shampoo (for later) 1 Gallon of warm water Mix it all, dunk a sponge in it and bathe the dog. Afterward, rinse off the dog, then bathe the dog with pet shampoo. Rinse the dog again; it should be much, much better. Repeat if necessary, but not immediately. OR Spray with a half and half white vinegar/water solution on the dog. Then use 1 pint Hydrogen Peroxide, 1/4 cup Baking Soda and a tablespoon of dog shampoo. Work it in, rinse off, then treat again with 1/2 cup white vinegar, 1/4 baking soda and 1/2 cup water. This will bubble up any remaining musk oil in the fur. It's the oil you want to get rid that carries the scent. Follow by a shampoo and rinse thoroughly with clean water. Do the same routine on carpet (either sponge in, work with a hand brush or use a carpet cleaning machine), bedding, collars etc., that the dog comes into contact with. Be sure not to get any of either solution into eyes, nose, mouth or ears of the dog. It will sting and make them gag and foam if they lick it. So work quick and rinse thoroughly. The vinegar solution works by ionizing the sulpher so it is absorbed into the carbonate and is removed. Use this solution to clean up kitty smells from fur ball incidents as well, or anywhere a cat has sprayed.

Woolite is awesome, it works to remove the smell immediately.

I read the tips about using peroxide, baking soda, and Dawn dish soap, but didn't want to bleach my beautiful German Shepherd, so I tried lemon juice in place of the peroxide. It is acidic enough to make the baking soda foam, and it smells nice. It worked like a charm -- my dog was odor-neutral afterwards.

My vet told me a sure way to get skunk spray out of my dog's fur. Dawn dish soap! It works like magic. Tomato juice didn't help so I called him, and wow, all smell was gone. Dawn is a degreaser and the skunk spray is oil. Try it - you'll love it!

Our Jack Russell Terrier was sprayed by a skunk at point-blank range. First, I bathed her twice in pure tomato juice. It's expensive, but it got rid of a lot of the smell. Second, I tried 1 box baking soda plus 1 bottle peroxide plus 1/2 bottle Palmolive mixture. Much better! No smell at all! It's only been 3 hours and she's dry and happy, and on the leather couch again! :)

We use tomato juice only - safe, nontoxic and takes care of the smell quick.... Then use a good pet shampoo for the tomato juice. Only takes a few minutes.

Uur dog was always chasing the skunks, the best thing I came across besides skunk shampoo, was "tangerines" just cut them in half & squeeze the affected area's, massage it in wait 10 minutes & shampoo. and it's all natural, no chemicals!

A good-quality heavily scented hair shampoo generously applied to the sprayed animal does the trick.

I pour about one cup of vinegar into the bathtub and fill with some water. I put my cocker spaniel into the bathtub and scoop/pour the vinegar water over him several times. Then I wash with regular shampoo. Works first time every time!

The method that worked for my white German shepherd: I filled the tub with warm water and vinegar, drenched the dog in this mixture, and then poured vinegar directly along his back and rubbed it in. I shampooed him with dog shampoo (still a faint skunk odor). Just before I dried him, I squirted lemon juice throughout his undercoat and rubbed it in. Not only did this get rid of the bad odor, it left a rather pleasant one in its place.

My Husky played with a skunk. I tried the vinegar and lemon and it worked. I filled the tub with water and vinegar put her in it then took my pan and rinsed her again and again, getting deep into her hair. Then I shampooed her with some real good shampoo that had baking soda in it. I poured the remaining vinegar on her and rinsed and dried her really well, then sprayed the lemon juice on her.

If you want to get any smell out of your dog's fur use a mixture of diet Coke, peroxide, Dawn dish liquid and coconut oil. I've used this remedy on my dogs for twenty-two years (I work at a dog kennel). My dogs always get sprayed, sometimes 3 at a time and this mix always works.