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| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
It was the perfect example of Murphy's law. A sheepdog with all that fur, dark yard, juvenile skunk, fencing, me in just my underwear so I didn't go out with her, and no nearby stores open before 6am to buy peroxide. The dog chased the skunk back and forth across the yard 3 times before the skunk resorted to spraying. The dog got it good. Round 1 of de-skunking her was mostly successful, so that's the good news. When she is dry enough I'll clip her hair short. Hopefully the skunk has learned to stay out of the fenced area, and hopefully the dog has learned to stay away from skunks! | ||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
Based on my experiences, all I can say is good luck with that! Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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If skunks are like porcupines, your dog will be eagerly anticipating her next chance to chase down a skunk. | |||
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A couple of years back, I flipped on my patio light before stepping out to fill my bird feeders and illuminated Petunia the Polecat. She (I know it was she, since her kids would come by with her) was not bothered by the light or my presence and went on about her business. My less observant neighbors did not fare so well. They would blunder outside, often with their dogs without paying attention and meet Petunia or the kids. Over the course of a summer, the Skunk family tagged a significant group of neighbors! Eventually my landlord trapped them and drove them somewhere else. Too bad. I kind of enjoyed the chaos. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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My mom’s Jack Russell was the calmest chillest most patient dog except for when it came to skunks. My toddler nephews tackling him or dragging him around were no problem. A skunk in the yard put him in full murder mode. He killed at least three. Stank up the yard, house, car, and himself but never even a scratch. | |||
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| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
She'll be returned to the rescue if she repeats this. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
No offense but, you’re gonna go through a lot of dogs if the expectation is they don’t do what dogs do - chase stuff which invades its territory such as: birds, squirrels, rabbits, leaves blowing in the wind, skunk, etc.  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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The thing doesn’t even have to move! Wife attached a decoration to a tree branch the other day and the dog barked at it for an hour before deciding it wasn’t a threat. | |||
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I remember my lab in the back of the truck traveling. She’d be laying in her pen enjoying the ride. When you come by a skunk as road pizza, with the associated smell, she would get up & enjoy the sniff. A trapper relative always had essence of skunk as a curiosity ‘call lure’ for the canine line. Dogs & other canines like the smell. I’ve been on a good run, been a few years. My procedure is to pen her in the garage for a later bath. Time is the best way to have it dissipate. I’ve used various washes, even regular ‘dog shampoo. | |||
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| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
Yeah she doesn't seem too fazed by the stink. I think it irritated her eyes, so as she ran through the house she wiped her face on a couch and on our bed before I could get her out on the upstairs deck. It's like the whole house has been tear-gassed. The family room and master bedroom are unusable. All of the bedding will have to be tossed. Hopefully the mattress isn't ruined. Meanwhile we're sleeping in the guest room. The brand new entryway rug stinks but is improving this morning. The yard is pretty bad, and of course is on the upwind side of the house, making cross ventilation impossible. Last night she started to roll in the grass to soak up even more of the stink! She received a terrible haircut from me yesterday, lol. We usually have her groomed by the foster "mom" who does a very nice job. I hacked off as much hair as I could from her head and ears, plus took the rest of her body pretty short. Even after 2 peroxide-baking soda treatments and shampoos she stinks! This morning she woke me at 6 to go out. No skunks, but the unfenced property was full of deer. She takes it seriously to protect her domain! | |||
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We’ve used one quart of peroxide + 1/4 cup of baking soda + 2 tsp of dish detergent to wash the stink off our dogs. Several applications knocks the odor down to about 10%… takes another two weeks for it completely disappear. ___________________ Company, villainous company hath been the spoil of me. | |||
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| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
That's the formula we're using. It does help. With a previous dog about 30 yrs ago who got skunked we tried a couple of commercial products that didn't do anything. Shampoo or just dish detergent also don't seem to do much if anything. | |||
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Don't Panic |
^^ My brother had a dog that did three skunks - hopefully yours is quicker on the uptake. | |||
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| The Unmanned Writer |
LOL - good times which the leader of her pack should always remember  Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Caught one in a Havaheart trap some months back (I was trying to get a nuisance rockchuck). Unfortunately my dog discovered the catch before I did. Got him cleaned up pretty quickly but the area behind my shed stunk for a month+. ________________________________________________________ It is long past time for a Convention of States. The Founding Fathers gave us this tool to fix an out of control government and we need to use it. | |||
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... I didn't know you could get a skunk at the rescue ... === I would like to apologize to anyone I have *not* offended. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. | |||
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White inevar and tomato juice. | |||
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אַרְיֵה |
Dollar General was all out of inevar. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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