Monday, October 06, 2008

Murphy's Law

"When you think things can't get any worse, you're probably dead wrong."

And so was the story of yesterday. After the dogs were both sprayed by the skunk, we thought the day could not get any worse. We used some pet-store remedy twice on them and left them outside to dry off.

The boy left to run errands and the kid and I started painting her room.

But then I heard Zoe barking.....a bark I had never heard before......in my gut, I knew something was wrong.

So I run downstairs, paint roller still in my hand and poke my head out the kitchen window. And there lay the skunk, half-dead, with the two dogs standing over it, wagging their tails, wanting to play.

Needless to say, things went downhill from there pretty quickly. The stench of being sprayed by a skunk, not once, but twice, plus shoving their faces in it after they ripped open its belly, is almost too much to bear. Our entire neighborhood smells like skunk, my office smells like skunk, our skin smells like skunk, and our dogs are living outside on the deck until I can figure out how in the hell to get the smell off of them.

Dodger got it so bad that his normally white paws are yellow. Yellow for Christsakes!!

And so today I will try Rachel's method with the peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap. However, I did read online that if you don't treat it within twelve hours, your kind of effed and that the smell, at that point, will stay with them for two years. Yikes. I'm hoping the first, second, third, and fourth treatment of the Skunk-Off counts for something.

And here I thought I would get some work done today.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stacie! How awful!! My story pales in comparison. I just can't imagine having TWO dogs, doubly sprayed, infusing my entire household with skunk. I'll ask my bro' if he has more skunk remedies up his sleeve. My incident with Polly happened almost two months ago and I can still faintly detect the skunk smell, especially when she is wet. Her peroxide highlights are slowly growing out. For the house, I simmered on the stove water, cinnamon sticks, allspice, cinnamon, a few teaspoons of vanilla, etc. I also set out small dishes of vinegar everywhere and that helped a lot. I am not sure if it absorbed the smell or just detracted from it. Heads up, your house and most of your stuff will smell like skunk for at least two or three weeks :(

Anonymous said...

Wow. And I thought I had bad luck. I ran into this post while looking for information on Murphy's Law for my own blog... Good luck getting the smell out!