Skunk Off Pet Shampoo – Ready to Use Skunk Odor Remover for Dogs, Cats, Home, Carpet, Car & More – Non-Enzymatic Skunk Shampoo Dogs – Pet Odor Eliminator for Skunk Odor (8 oz)

Wish I had this ahead of time
First of all, if you are reading reviews for this product, I feel sorry for you. It really is a horrendous journey to embark on, but it will end……..eventually. This is probably the worst thing I’ve had to endure besides childbirth. At least I had drugs for that. We have 2 dogs- both mutts. Our older dog is hound/terrier mix and is a stone cold killer of rats/possums, and now- skunks. My husband was out of town for work when he decided to kill a skunk in our backyard at 9 pm while I was attempting to wrangle my 5 year old to bed. Our other dog (whom we lovingly refer to as Tweedledum) of course is always in the mix and both dogs got sprayed. I had just let them out to pee before we all went to bed when the smell in my kitchen hit me like a ton of bricks. I knew immediately what had happened and started squawking and cursing in my head at the insurmountable ordeal that was ahead of me. Luckily the kitchen door was shut so they were not able to run in the house and make matters worse. If you have never experienced the smell of being sprayed, you will wish for the much lighter pleasant smell of a dead skunk on the side of a highway. My wonderful neighbor (whom I always call to remove the dead animals from my yard when my husband is gone) agreed to come over and help out. Once it was removed he asked what my plan was. No one has a plan ahead of time for this. I quickly googled and saw a concoction of baking soda, hydrogen peroxide and dish soap. DO NOT GET YOUR DOG WET FIRST. Well, this may work to a certain degree (if you happen to have 4 cups of hydrogen peroxide laying around). I had about 1/2 cup and with what the neighbor brought over equaled 2 cups. Since it was 9 pm, no one was going to the store to get more. I would suggest wrapping your dog in a towel to take them to the shower if you can’t shower them outside so that they do not touch anything. I put both of them in the walk in shower off of our bedroom and shut all the doors. (They have not figured out they can push on the door of the shower to get out —–yet. But with my luck, that night would have been the night the lightbulb went off over their heads.) By the time I mixed up my scanty 1/2 volume shampoo recipe and went back up to the bathroom, it was unbearable. The smell in our bathroom was unlike anything I can ever describe. Over a week later, it still stinks in the shower. The smell in the house was also unbearable, and I was afraid our nanny would quit when she came to our house the next day. After a week of washing the dogs with that recipe and still feeling like Pepe (or Puppy) Le Pew was living in our home I called our vet for some recommendations. They recommended this shampoo. My husband washed both dogs last night with it and IT WORKS. Now, the smell of the shampoo isn’t great- but it’s better than the hell you’ve already been living in. What I’ve learned from this (and hopefully will help others) is:1.Have this on hand (too late most likely, but we will ALWAYS have it on hand from now on). I am fairly confident that our dog has NOT learned a valuable life lesson from this event.2. Remove their collars outside and leave them outside. You will be throwing the collars away. Wrap the dogs in a towel to carry them to the shower. You will be throwing this towel away, so use a crappy one you have lying around.3.Cover all your furniture with old sheets/blankets if you allow you dog to sit/lay on furniture before you let them out of the shower. I removed all the back cushions and pillows and put them in a closed spare bedroom as well.4. Have a gallon (or more) of vinegar on hand to get the smell out of your house (I placed a cup of vinegar in a bowl in each room and this really helped remove the smell.) I also read to boil vinegar in a pan to help.5. Soak the clothes you were wearing while dealing with the ungodly situation in a bucket of vinegar for at least a day to get the smell out.6. Try to put vinegar/bleach/lye down your shower drain to help get rid of the smell.Yes, you will smell when you go to work the next day. It permeates everything. Any clothing/jackets you have hanging out not in a drawer or closet will stink. Everything will need to be washed.We used the spray to soak the dog tags and rabies tags in as they also still smelled after soaking in vinegar for a week, and they are good as new now!Good luck!!!!!!!

Works great, worth keeping on hand
So I bought this preemptively as I feared my dog would encounter a skunk sooner or later. Sure enough, he got blasted in the face and I was so happy I already had something for it. This stuff doesn’t smell, great, but it’s a million times better than skunk. It helped tremendously to apply it immediately and I was so happy it was safe for eyes. He was still a bit stinky, but this did a great job getting the skunk oils out of him. Bought a second bottle to have for when he decides to pick another fight.

This is an expensive product packaged in the cheapest of spray bottles. The spray nozzle broke while I was showering the dog, what a mess, had to call out for another family member to empty and clean another sprayer bottle so I could transfer the contents. How remarkably obtuse to package an expensive product in a vessel that doesn’t work. Come on, you can do better!!UPDATE: I’m impressed that the seller reached out to address the problem: well done and thank you. I realize I never commented on the shampoo, my focus was on the problem with the bottle. It’s now 3 days since application and the skunk smell is gone, the dog smells great, and as a bonus his coat is bouncy soft. The shampoo is an excellent product that works. Now if they can provide a good spray bottle (the ones from Bona Floor Cleaner are the best I have ever used as an example), then they’ve got the Rolls Royce of skunk shampoos nailed.

I really wanted to love this shampoo based on the great reviews. I do appreciate that it’s non-toxic and safe for pets, which is very important to me. However, I didn’t find it worked quite as well as others described. My pup had a strong skunk smell, and even after two baths, the odor is still lingering. Maybe a third wash will finally do the trick, but I was hoping for better results after the first or second try. On the plus side, it lathers well, rinses clean, and doesn’t irritate my dog’s skin. Just not quite the miracle solution I expected.