Maine’s ‘Critter Guy’ Shares Best Way to Get Rid of Skunk Odor

It’s a dog owner’s biggest worry.

*Knocks on wood…*

So far, this is not an encounter that my dog has actually had. Nor do I never ever wish to have it. But possibilities are, you a minimum of understand somebody who’s needed to handle attempting to get the smell of skunk off their dog. Or even worse, off of themselves. Or even worse, both. There’s a lots of folk treatments and partners tales about how to eliminate the odor, however some even make it even worse.

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When I see somebody like the Critter Guy on Facebook offering the gospel for getting rid of skunk smell, I perk right approximately attention. Here’s a person who’s been sprayed more than when and has actually handled it more times than you and I will ever need to. His technique is a bit more clinical. Let’s talk about…

Leave the tomato juice for the Bloody Mary’s on Sunday early mornings.

First and primary, fortunately is that the important things you’ll require to eliminate the odor are most likely lying around your house today… And not one of them is tomato juice. Critter Guy says the tomato juice in fact just masks the odor and even worse, it proclaims a lot more.

He says he discovered this technique from TV’s Mythbusters, however says it works like an appeal. You simply need to be client and consistent. To begin, you’ll require Dawn dishwashing liquid, baking soda, and hydrogen peroxide. Most folks have all these things today, and even if you do not, they’ll even likely be at the corner store down the roadway.

Here’s what you do when you have actually collected all the components:

First, cover the sprayed location with the Dawn and the baking soda, blending the 2 into a paste. When that dries, you scrape it away and examine the odor level. If it’s still quite strong, do it once again. When you have actually gotten the odor to a dull holler, wash the location with the hydrogen peroxide, as this finishes the chemical procedure for ridding the odor.

Only when the odor stops ought to you think about utilizing any soap and water. Again, those will just spread out the odor around more of your body, and no one desires that. He says it can stick around in your hair a bit longer. But still… anything needs to be much better than smelling like roadkill, right?

Let’s ignore skunks while we get more frightened of bugs…