Skunked!
At 10:00 p.m. on a Wednesday night, right in the face and all down his chest and front legs. Though scrubbed with dish soap and vinegar for an hour, both of us exhausted, he still smells like burnt balloons. Especially now that it’s raining. The winter woodsmoke smell of my home has been replaced with something just as strong and way less pleasant.
You should have seen his face the morning after when I wouldn’t touch him. Broken hearted. I hold my breath and kiss his head.
Awww. Sweetness. My favorite is club soda to cut smells like urine, vomit and poop. I bet it would work to kill skunk odor also. In the past I think I used tomato juice, but now I would try soda.
Poor baby! Hope that doesn’t happen again to him.
Bev from Bee Haven Acres wrote about some “skunk remedies”. You might check them out here: http://beehavenacres.blogspot.com/2011/02/oakley-le-pew.html
[...] I suppose I shouldn’t complain too much. The last time Tuck was skunked was May 2012, which isn’t too bad for living in the wilderness. At least now I have my act together to run a hot water hose out of the laundry room, so I don’t have to do cleanup in the house. [...]