De-skunking remedy

[donnie]

I just read bills post about a dog who had been skunked, Thought you'all might like to learn the only remedy that I have found that actually works. I hunt upland birds 3-4 days a week and every year one of my dogs has the good fortune of rousting one of the stinkers. Hell I've even done it! Here's what ya do;
Build ya a little smudge fire out of grasses and leaves Oak works best but anything will do. As this fire is smoking away like crazy hold the dog or yourself (often both of you) down wind and allow the smoke to thoroughly envelope him. ( Smoke Red, not flames ;D)
make the dog stay in the smoke as long as possible, a few minutes is all ya need.
The tannic acid in the smoke counteracts the skunk oils and actually destroys the odor! I learned this trick from an old veterinarian years ago and have used many times over the years.

[jimh]

sounds like an old indian trick (that works). hope you don't have to hold me in no smoke when i get up there. myself, i like tying the infested critter or person to the roof of the car and drive around 90mph for a while. if you can do it during a good rain it shortens the drive time a bit. :-)

[donnie]

Jim,
Funny story; Quite a few years ago before I knew bout the smoke trick my old dog got skunked. One of the fellas I was huntin with suggested disposable douches as a remedy so we went to walmart to buy some. Now Teal was a big dog so I thought about a dozen douches would be bout the right amount. We grabbed a twelve pack of beer cause we were all done hunting and carried it with the douches up to the checkout. When we put the stuff on the belt the lady checking us out looked at us kinda funny but didn't say anything we were too worried about the dog outside in the back seat of Scotts car which we used cause my truck was in the shop. I know the lady only heard part of what scott said and I'm pretty sure all she heard him say was "I hope this stuff works on her, I don't know what I'm gonna tell my wife about the smell in the car" That Woman absolutely refused to look at us as she checked us out!

[jimh]

i would have paid good money to be there watching that purchase. ;D ;D ;D

[Bill]

Careful, funny things happen around Donnie

[jimh]

bill, anything i need to know?? ;D

[donnie]

Don't worry Jim. Funny things happen to Bill around me. Besides I've got a pretty strong feeling that if you took a poll of Bills friends they would probably agree that funny things just happen whenever or where ever Bill is around! LOL!

[Bill]

The main thing to worry about is DO NOT GIVE DONNIE THE MAP. I can gaurentee you will end up getting lost. Next this is IF you let Donnie drive watch the road and the map. IF you sleep you will end up getting lost.
I have never been on a trip with Donnie anywhere where we didn't end up getting lost if he had anything to do with the trip. Well one trip we didn't when we went to Branson to go trout fishing. My wife is the same way so I'm use to it but if you have to always know where you are you will be in trouble.
Also wear pretty hunting clothes. Donnie dosn't like to hunt with people without pretty hunting clothes or pretty guns. Will and Kate are awsome. If you get lost just ask them where your at. The will know more about where you are than Donnie will. ;D

[jimh]

i think i'm starting to get an idea of the flavor of what's in store for me. i'll just sip on some irish wiskey and tell donnie to wake me when he figures it all out. cheers

[calsibley]

I've only had it happen once. After that my dog really wised up fast. The only remedy we knew of at the time was a tomato juice bath. That gets fairly expensive if its a large dog. Sponge him down with the tomato juice, let it set for awhile, then give him a good, thorough scrubing with it, then rinse. Even that didn't seem to get completely rid of it, but it certainly helped a lot. Poor dog can't figure out why everyone is rejecting him. All he knows is that someone in the group smells awful. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal