How to Care for a Skunk Sprayed Dog. Three Methods: Treating a Skunk-Sprayed Dog Watching Your Dog for Possible Complications Reducing the Chances of Skunk Encounters Community Q&A. Few things are as aromatically repugnant as a dog sprayed by a skunk. That smelly odor has a bad habit of lingering and spreading as well. read more
Skunk spray is actually an oil and is very difficult to remove from clothing. Do not let your dog lay in his dog bed or the skunk oils will get on the bed. If possible, leave the dog outside to prevent the odor-ridden oils from getting into your house. Determine where the spray hit the dog. read more
Leah Yarnes, a dog owner in Tucson, Ariz., says the acid in tomato juice seems to cut through the oily base of the skunk spray. Her family’s pooch Ginger, a Greyhound-Labradormix, tangled with skunks on a regular basis. “We would use at least four giant cans of tomato juice and completely douse her in it,” Yarnes says. read more