To the backyard chicken-keeper, skunks are pests, disease-carriers, feed-thieves and killers. As we all know, they also boast a unique defense mechanism that has the ability to continue to offend its victims for days or weeks: the stink factor. 
My neighbor, “Miss Sarah,” as my daughters call her, has a beautiful Akbash farm dog named Peanut, who recently had the misfortune of meeting the south-bound end of a north-bound skunk- face first.The mention of this skunk encounter on my Facebook page prompted the sharing of a ‘recipe’ for a de-skunking solution by Shelly Wade. Several others, including seasoned dog groomers, vouched for its effectiveness and contributed tips that I now invite you to keep handy in the event you should ever need it.
De-Skunking Shampoo
1 quart hydrogen peroxide
1 Tablespoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon Blue Dawn dish detergent
2 quarts warm water.
Mix all ingredients well. Work the solution into the pet’s fur, hair, skin, feathers, whatever, thoroughly for at least five minutes. Rinse thoroughly with water. Repeat if necessary. Follow-up with De-Skunking Rinse.
De-Skunking Rinse
Mix a solution of 9 parts water to 1 part white vinegar. Rinse the pet with this solution. Do NOT rinse.
NOTE: Shampoo should be mixed prior to each use, never mixed and stored. Shampoo is drying to the skin. May require follow-up with a leave-in conditioner. May bleach fur or feathers.
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To the backyard chicken-keeper, skunks are pests, disease-carriers, feed-thieves and killers. As we all know, they also boast a unique defense mechanism that has the ability to continue to offend its victims for days or weeks: the stink factor.
My neighbor, “Miss Sarah,” as my daughters call her, has a beautiful Akbash farm dog named Peanut, who recently had the misfortune of meeting the south-bound end of a north-bound skunk- face first.The mention of this skunk encounter on my Facebook page prompted the sharing of a ‘recipe’ for a de-skunking solution by Shelly Wade. Several others, including seasoned dog groomers, vouched for its effectiveness and contributed tips that I now invite you to keep handy in the event you should ever need it.
De-Skunking Shampoo
1 quart hydrogen peroxide
1 Tablespoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon Blue Dawn dish detergent
2 quarts warm water.
Mix all ingredients well. Work the solution into the pet’s fur, hair, skin, feathers, whatever, thoroughly for at least five minutes. Rinse thoroughly with water. Repeat if necessary. Follow-up with De-Skunking Rinse.
De-Skunking Rinse
Mix a solution of 9 parts water to 1 part white vinegar. Rinse the pet with this solution. Do NOT rinse.
NOTE: Shampoo should be mixed prior to each use, never mixed and stored. Shampoo is drying to the skin. May require follow-up with a leave-in conditioner. May bleach fur or feathers.
I found even just the Dawn works wonders since skunk spray is basically just like an oil. …Our dog never learns, he's been sprayed a few times… sigh. At least he's cute….
LOL! Poor Simon. :(
I always laugh when I think of the time our cat, Simon, played with a skunk and stunk to high heavens. I used tomato sauce and took him into the big whirpool, emtpy of course, and by the time we were done, it was like a slaughter had gone on. His fur was grey with white patches and even the grey had somewhat of a pink hue for a while but it worked!