# My Poky Puppy, Nordberg, Got Skunked. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 31, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poky-puppy-nordberg-got-skunked/366767 "2006-07-31T20:40:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poky-puppy-nordberg-got-skunked/366767/1 "2006-07-31T20:40:38Z")
How do I fix? She’s been getting bathed a lot and she also romps in ponds and such, so I’d think it’d help. It seems that, after bathing, the skunkage just comes out. I’ve got tomato soup! Ideas anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poky-puppy-nordberg-got-skunked/366767/2 "2006-07-31T21:03:55Z")
I’ve heard of washing in lots of tomato juice… I googled [this.](http://www.ehow.com/how_117301_remove-skunk-odor.html) Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poky-puppy-nordberg-got-skunked/366767/3 "2006-07-31T21:14:00Z")
From that link, go with the “tip from a vet”: 1 quart 3% Hydrogen Peroxide 1/4 cup Baking Soda 2 tablespoons dish detergent. Mix the ingredients in a large bowl (it will boil up like Vesuvius). Wash the dog with this mix while it is still foaming. Forget the tomato juice – all it does is give you something to smell when olfactory fatigue sets in (and turns your dog pink). ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poky-puppy-nordberg-got-skunked/366767/4 "2006-07-31T23:25:35Z")
We’ve used tomato juice on our cat several times. It usually takes two separate washes to get the skunk smell out, but it does work. We just dump a large can on her, rub it in, and set her loose outside. She then cleans herself up, and when she comes back (usually a day later) we do it again. After that, she’s pretty much skunk-smell free. Maybe let the puppy loose in the yard covered in juice for a while, then hose it off, then reapply? Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-poky-puppy-nordberg-got-skunked/366767/5 "2006-08-01T02:16:13Z")
When I livd in the Wyoming mountains, we kept cans of tomato PASTE around, since it’s essentiall tomato sauce concentrate (it wasn’t a big cabin, and the dogs got skunked a lot). We’d cut it with some water, clean the dogs, then shampoo them. Doesn’t mean the other stuff here wouldn’t work as well though.