How do you wash the stench of death off a dog?

[Ellen Forradalom]

Today at the beach my dog rolled around in something very large and very, very, very, dead. Dead skunk smells like Chanel No. 5 compared to this. I barrelled down the freeway with all windows down, breathing through my mouth, and I still nearly threw up.

I washed him outside when I got home but he is still rank. What do you recommend for his second bath tonight after the fresh air and sunshine treatment?

[wildhorses]

1. tomato juice

might work

[Cannikin]

2. Lemon dishwashing detergent

[China_cat]

16. Never use a detergent of any kind on a dog

you screw up their coats and their skin...badly.

A shampoo with tea tree oil should do the job.

[MidwestMomma]

3. Tomato juice is supposed to work for skunk

Not sure about very, very, very dead :)

I'm also thinking vinegar mixed in the soap...in works when washing stinky clothes.

Good luck...sounds like at least one of you had a lot of fun at the beach!

[Ellen Forradalom]

5. Oh, but that's not all

Early this morning he went out, rolled around in horse manure, came back in and jumped on my bed.

Oh, the little bastard is NOT in my good graces today.

[pokerfan]

30. Unless you change his behavior it will continue to happen

It's instinctive.

http://www.manuelsweb.com/poop_rolling.htm

[uppityperson]

4. Nair

joke

[Ellen Forradalom]

6. Won't work

He's a pointer breed, already nearly hairless on the underside.

[uppityperson]

8. poor dog, and you poor dog people.

good luck. I tried nair once as a teen, it made my fingernails soft and my skin really soft but didn't dissolve much hair. I think it has some sort of dead-keratin liquifying in it. Wouldn't use it on a dog anyways, probably allergic/reactive to it. Had a dog I lived with run up to me 1 day dripping maggots off her back. Yuck. Good luck there.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

7. Try a mild vinegar solution

and then use a good cream rinse.

[Ellen Forradalom]

9. What's a cream rinse?

You mean like a conditioner you use after shampooing?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

10. Yes. My age is showing

that's what they used to be called!

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. I just love the ads for this post

I got "California HPV," "Genital Warts Eliminated," and "Got Herpes?"

[rug]

12. Impeach it.

[Ellen Forradalom]

13. Second bath

Shampoo, vinegar rinse, creme rinse. Slight improvement, but he's still not sleeping with me tonight.

[Orsino]

14. As soon as you figure it out, please contact...

Robert D. Luskin, c/o Patton Boggs LLP.

[leftofthedial]

15. there are formulas for skunked dogs that probably would work

might bleach the dog's fur a bit. Tomato juice doesn't really work.

Recipe #1:
1 quart 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
1/4 cup Baking Soda
1 teaspoon liquid soap
Mix in a bucket (it will fizz).
Soak your dog's fur, but be careful not to get any in his eyes.
Use a sponge to clean off his head and around his eyes.
Knead solution into the fur and be sure to get every part of him with it.
Rinse thoroughly.

Recipe #2:
1 cup of vinegar
1 cup hydrogen peroxide
1 cup of dish soap
Lather WELL, add water until a good thick coat of lather is worked up and let sit for 10 minutes.
Rinse well, followed by 1/2 cup of vinegar in 1 gallon of water to rinse and leave on.

Recipe #3:
1 pint hydrogen peroxide
2/3 cup baking soda
1 tablespoon of citrus-based liquid soap
Sponge mixture onto the dog's fur.
Let sit two to five minutes then rinse with plain water.
Second batch may be needed. Use fresh ingredients.

Recipe #4:
2/3 water
1/3 organic apple cider
Rinse the dog thoroughly, be careful of his eyes.

[xmas74]

17. Liberal amounts of tomato juice

and fresh lemons rubbed into the skin.

A few officers I worked w/ used this solution whenever they came into contact w/ bodies that had sat for a few weeks in the summer heat.

It will take a while to scrub it out but if that doesn't work, you'll have to shave the dog and apply the juices directly to the skin.

[peacebuzzard]

18. Tomato juice did not work for my Great Dane

that was sprayed by a skunk. The smell lasted for a long, long time. Unfortunately I was on vacation in Canada and it was a road trip. I had to put up with that smell in very close quarters.

[BlackVelvet04]

19. Baking soda......

from my experience I have to say nothing else works as well. I used it on a dog that was sprayed by a momma skunk and four little ones. Took the smell right out. I also sprinkled it directly on the skunk spray on the porch and it took the smell out.

[momophile]

20. I'd try vinegar. But then I try vinegar for everything.

:hi:

[NMDemDist2]

22. agreed! always try vinegar first cuz it usually does the trick!

if he's that stinky, do it with straight vinegar then rinse him with clean water (keep it out of his eyes and ears)

that will probably do the trick!

[steely]

21. Haircut time!!

[politicat]

23. Lemons, according to the guy who set up the Body Farm.

Forensic anthropologists all swear by lemon shampoos. Soften up the lemons, then squeeze over and massage in. Use the peel, too, to scrub.

I've used grapefruit the same way on myself (don't ask.)

[Ellen Forradalom]

24. Hey, lemons worked pretty well

for his third bath of the day. I cut three off the tree in the yard, quartered them, rubbed them all over him in the tub, then rinsed him off. He no longer smells like the Grim Reaper after a hard day in the salt mines.

[XemaSab]

25. Which beach?

And was it a mammal, a fish, or a bird?

:bounce:

[Ellen Forradalom]

27. Santa Claus Lane, Carp

and I REALLY don't want to know, considering they found the remains of a missing woman there a few weeks back.

[El Fuego]

26. "You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road"

Dead Skunk
( Loudon Wainwright III )

Crossin' the highway late last night
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right
He didn't see the station wagon car
The skunk got squashed and there you are!

You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

Take a whiff on me, that ain't no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose
You don't have to look and you don't have to see
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory

You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon
The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon!
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
You got yer dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high Heaven!

C'mon stink!

You got it!
It's dead, it's in the middle
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road
Stinkin' to high heaven!
All over the road, technicolor man!
Oh, you got pollution
It's dead, it's in the middle
And it's stinkin' to high, high Heaven!

[Ellen Forradalom]

28. Oh, I think I'd prefer dead skunk to this

Words do not describe the olfactory horror.

[riderinthestorm]

29. Lemons, vinegar and a baking soda

Use generous quantities (tomato juice is an old wives tale and does NOT work!)

I put them all in a tub with an antibacterial liquid soap and lots of hot water. Lather repeatedly and rinse. My dogs have rolled in every single dead thing out in the back 40 - Trust me on this - lemons, vinegar and baking soda!

[NewWaveChick1981]

31. RealLemon Lemon Juice, by the case.

:puke: The two dogs we had in 1999 (not the same ones we have now---may the sweeties rest in peace :) ) encountered a skunk in our backyard. Hubby thought it was a cat, but it turned out to be a polecat. :yoiks: Both were heavily sprayed, and I chased 'em down in the yard at 11 PM during a thunderstorm with RealLemon. (Yeah, that was so fun! :( ) The lemon juice was a godsend---they still smelled, even after two baths, but it was much more tolerable than full-strength. It took a while for the smell to cycle out of their fur, but it did eventually.

Good luck---I know it's terrible! :yoiks:

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. I forgot the pukie!

This was my day yesterday:
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