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Old April 16th, 2009, 08:48 AM
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Groomers use the peroxide, baking soda, shampoo/dish detergent recipe - tomato juice doesn't work. My groomer also rubs REGULAR toothpaste all over the dog's coat - this helps a lot. Re the face, if the skunk spray got into your pup's eyes, I would take him to the vet. Also, do not forget that his collar/harness will also have been skunked - many people forget this, do a skunk treatment at home and then take dogs to groomers/vets for a re-do and forget about the collar - and it stinks forever. I have all of my supplies on hand - there is a family of skunks in the neighbourhoold and I have an American Eskimo so it wouldn't be pretty - but I sincerely hope that if it happens either the groomer or the vet is open. And it would be VERY NICE if my husband wouldn't keep opening the hydrogen peroxide since it has to be a fresh bottle - he doesn't believe me that it turns basically to water once opened.
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