Uniquely American Experience

[Cootmeurer]

Had the chance to become reacquainted this morning with a uniquely American experience.
Wife Let the dogs out in the dark (we are on a small farm) and they managed to find a skunk.

So, before breakfast I was descenting a shampooing two lab and an Australian shepherd.

I know that there are no skunks in the UK, but should you ever need a strong scent remover, that is both safe and cheap, here is the recipe.

1 L Hydrogen Peroxide (the 3% topical use Stuff)
3-4 TBS Baking soda ( sodium bicarbonate)
1- 2 ml dish detergent

Mix thoroughly then apply without presoaking the dog. Let sit for 5-10 minutes
Rinse and repeat if necessary

Then you can finish with a sweet smelling shampoo.

 

[finnbear270]

I can only imagine your experience, Nearest we have I reckon is when a dog decides to camouflage its own scent with that of a Badger latrine ................. UGH! Tomato juice seems to help get rid.

 

[FISH BOY]

lol dogs - gotta love them. My mates lab loves rolling in fox mess - truly revolting stuff.

Not sure if your a fan of Two and a half men, but you have to watch the episode “skunk, dog crap and ketchup”. Very funny

 

[User00056]

I can only imagine your experience, Nearest we have I reckon is when a dog decides to camouflage its own scent with that of a Badger latrine ............

Or if you manage to severely **** off a ferret

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I thought tomato ketchup was the magic elixer.

 

[devon deer stalker]

When travelling with my American friend in Montana we ran over 'something', it didn't take long to realise what it was, I have never smelt anything like it, I hope I never do again!

 

[Cootmeurer]

I thought tomato ketchup was the magic elixer.

Not at all.

Unfortunately I have a great deal More experience on this topic than most. As a trapper I have caught and handled more than a few - but with one notable exception that was mostly odorless.

My experience came from a particular lab named Shea (short for Ricochet). She was an exceptional dog, titled with various certificates and such - but her flaw was skunks. They were her favorite “toy”.

Her game was to hit one at full speed, which mostly resulted in a rolled skunk and no spray. The spray always (ALWAYS) came on the rerun. By this time the skunk was “locked and loaded” and ready to take the shot. The old girl rarely got a full pattern, usually just a glancing spray, which she would wear proudly like a Purple Heart. And therefore I became expert

 

[CAVHUNT]

My experience came from a particular lab named Shea (short for Ricochet). She was an exceptional dog, titled with various certificates and such - but her flaw was skunks. They were her favorite “toy”.

Thankfully we don't have skunks in OZ. But...on one wet and cold day I'd taken one of my Weimaraners for a drive checking out new hunting locations. I'd let him out for a toilet stop and he disappeared but came back in10 minutes or so. I opened the back door for him and water was dripping from him all over the seat and running down behind it. The stench was unbearable.

What he'd found and rolled in was a decaying dead dog - a road kill?- which was 50% soggy decaying soft tissue/organs. It took several baths to reduce but not eliminate his smell and a couple of weeks with the rear seat in the car removed for frequent washes and liberal applications of 'Nil Odour".

 

[Foxyboy43]

Ah skunks….
Funniest thing I ever watched was a dear old pal in rural Pennsylvania trying to free a skunk from a small cage trap. He had wrapped himself from head to toe in bright blue bin bags and was wearing an ice hockey full face helmet and gauntlets that would have been the fashion in the 12th century but only if you were jousting! To complete the semi-jousting picture and as if that wasn’t bad enough he was trying to do it all with a ten foot lance pole.
Lady FB, his wife and I were bent double in tears of laughter on our balcony viewpoint fifteen feet above him - damn laughed so much we nearly spilled our bourbons…

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I did run over a few skunk carcasses during my forays in the US it gave its name to that shiiite hash they smoke all over Dover and it is a similar horrible pong.

 

[Jon P]

Someone I know has a few pet skunks in the UK . I will pass this cleaning regime onto him. He will need it at some point

 

[JockStalk]

never got close to a skunk in the US thankfully. Closest in the uk was rabbiting with air rifles on a cloudy night with a pal when in my teens. I was helping out on a national trust site and got to shoot over the ground. We were heading through a field when I whispered to my mate to take care as it had been used for a girl guide jamboree up till the weekend. The open latrine pit hadn’t been filled yet. I heard the impact and the swearing next…….

 

[Bavarianbrit]

never got close to a skunk in the US thankfully. Closest in the uk was rabbiting with air rifles on a cloudy night with a pal when in my teens. I was helping out on a national trust site and got to shoot over the ground. We were heading through a field when I whispered to my mate to take care as it had been used for a girl guide jamboree up till the weekend. The open latrine pit hadn’t been filled yet. I heard the impact and the swearing next…….

A fishy tale.

 

[thistledeyke]

When visiting the US some years ago was talking to a bloke outside a gun shop in Texas the subject of skunks came up and I asked him what he would do if his dog takeld one and got sprayed "Huh shoot the dawg" was his reply.