Whats the best way to clean up a dog with skunk odor?
Q: My Golden Retriever got sprayed by a skunk last night. He smelled so bad that we made him sleep in the garage. My groomer can’t take him right away. What can we do in the meantime? The smell is making us sick. A: Once the warm weather hits, skunks come out in force and no self-respecting Golden Retriever can resist sniffing them out — with the regrettable consequences you have described so well! The most popular home remedy for de-skunking your dog is as follows: 1 quart 3 percent hydrogen peroxide ¼ cup baking soda 1 teaspoon dish detergent (I prefer Dawn) Wet your smelly boy down and rub the mixture into his coat. Leave it on for 10 minutes and then rinse thoroughly. If you have any of this solution left, discard it immediately because it becomes combustible when stored in a closed container. When I started grooming, people often used tomato juice to remove skunk odor. Because it is acidic, it combats the alkaline skunk oil but it makes an awful mess. I recall one big Samoyed who
