My dog just killed a skunk

[XemaSab]

Ask me anything! :banghead:

[sakabatou]

1. How badly does it smell?

[XemaSab]

2. I don't think she got hit full on

Last time she tried to mess with a skunk it straight nailed her and she ran away yelping.

Tonight it's pungent, but not blistering. :(

[LeftyMom]

3. Have you tossed the dead skunk into the neighbor's yard yet?

Because if you haven't, I'd suggest using a shovel. Or waiting a couple of hours and seeing if they left their car unlocked.

[XemaSab]

4. I'm sure public health only needs the head

You're a fucking genius, though. :D

[TorchTheWitch]

5. get a skunk odor eliminator

It was the only thing that worked with my old dog years ago when he got hit full on by a skunk. When he got wet though (like out in the rain) the smell would come back, so I'd have to spray him with the stuff again. That didn't stop until a least six months later. If it wasn't for that eliminator spray though it would have been a really hideous six months. He was a really big boy but I never even finished the single bottle I bought. Great stuff.

You might want to have the skunk carcass checked for any vermin or transmitted diseases. Wild rodents carry all kinds of disgusting stuff.

Skunk stink is just ultra-foul. I really feel for you.

[XemaSab]

6. This isn't her first time at the rodeo

Last time I used peroxide, laundry detergent, and baking soda, and that worked pretty well. It seems to have worked well tonight, too. I mean, she's on my bed right now and while she doesn't smell great, I'm not retching. :P

[TorchTheWitch]

8. seriously, get the eliminator spray

You'll thank yourself and so will your doggie. The stuff is truly amazing. TOTALLY eliminates the odor. I could stuff my face right into the worst spot where he got zapped and snort and couldn't smell a damn thing. The smell just came back if he got rained on (by a pretty hard rain). I actually expected that it wouldn't work all that great, but was just floored that it really did completely take the stink out. One thing that sucks about skunk stink it that it transfers to other things, so you can spritz that stuff too and it completely eliminates the smell. Damned amazing stuff. It was something like $20 and the bottle was fairly small but I never did end up using all of it.

Damn, but skunk stink is just the must disgusting vile smell. I'll never forget trying to bathe him wearing a rolled up sweatshirt wrapped around my face and STILL my eyes were just streaming and stinging from nothing more than how friggin' PUNGENT it was. UGH. Ghastly. I will NEVER live in that town again. It was just INFESTED with skunks. There wasn't a single time out on our walks (except during the winter) when we wouldn't see at LEAST one or two of them, and most people had a skunk trap in their yards (my landlord had one in ours but it never once trapped a skunk). I moved to the town next door really only a few miles down the road, and though I've been here now since the mid-90's I've only seen ONE skunk in all these years (and thank the gods that I saw him waddling across the road quite a distance away so I had plenty of time to hightail it with the dog in the opposite direction before even the dog noticed it). Of course, where I live now we have possums, rats, tree rats, snakes and all sorts of other vile creatures... but practically no skunks! Ok, so the snakes are bitty little garden snakes, but they have a face and they're snakes so they totally freak me out.

[UrbScotty]

7. Phoebe did that last week.

I feel for you!

[MrsBrady]

9. my uncle was in the bathtub one afternoon,

sitting in tomato sauce, according to my aunt...when she had come back from going to town.

They were farmers, and I guess they would know.

Have you tried that?

[ccharles000]

10. poor skunk

[nolabear]

11. Sad for the skunk. Are your dog's rabies vaccinations up to date?

[XemaSab]

13. They are, yes

:D

[dembotoz]

12. rick .....perry....... is dead????????????????????

[Kali]

14. Good dog

Oops did I type that out loud?