[Sca-cooks] Apprentices and skunks

[Susan Fox-Davis]

The tomato juice has never worked for me nor Tegan, nor my brother's skunk-prone Aussie
Shepherd, Sam [Surface to Air Muzzle].  Lord knows we tried.  Try the peroxide-soda,
you won't be sorry.

I'm still trying to figure out how to deodorize an apprentice, besides pushing him in
the swimming pool.  <g>

Selene

Elaine Koogler wrote:

> I know it's not period, but I have been told that tomato catsup works for that...or
> V-8 or tomato juice.....
>
> Kiri
>
> Susan Fox-Davis wrote:
>
> > The vinegar and other acid-based dog washes for skunkage have not worked for
> > me, or rather for Canine Morale Officer Tegan here.  What we did that worked
> > was to make up a concoction of 1 quart of peroxide [two standard bottles], 1/4
> > cup of baking soda, 1 tablespoon of liquid soap, mix well and rub into the
> > skunked portion of a well-wet dog.  Two run-throughs of this rendered Tegan
> > able to come in the house, a couple more iterations seem to have cleared up the
> > problem.  The puir bairn hates water in any quantity larger than a drinking
> > bowl, so she got lots of treats and reassurance while this process went on,
> > about 1 month ago.
> >
> > Oh don't look at me like that, this was a recipe wasn't it?
> >
> > Selene, Caid