Skunks Smell REAL Bad

So something you may not know about our neighborhood...every once in a while we'll smell something in the evenings that reminds us of a skunk. Tonight, it came on really strong. I mean, really strong. So we run outside to get Zoey inside so she doesn't pick up the scent and realize that she has been "playing" with a skunk at the end of the driveway. Seriously. It smelled so bad. Far worse than you've ever smelled a skunk. It was like acid skunk.

First we called the emergency vet to make sure Zoey wasn't going to get rabies or anything. Apparently rabies aren't very prevalent in Cali, so that's good. Luckily the vet had a recipe for washing the skunk right off of our dog: 1 cup baking soda, 3T Dawn dish soap, and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide. Before heading to the grocery we must first deal with the skunk tail at the end of our driveway. Oh, did I forget to mention that? Yeah, Zoey didn't just play with said skunk, she somehow took it's tail off (the best part). I mean, are you kidding me? Zoey is the sweetest dog EVER ripped off a skunks tail? That smell must have really gotten to her (by now it was really getting to us!).

With the tail in a trash bag we head off to Von's to buy the items needed for the de-skunking. While at the grocery we also realize we stink almost as bad as our dog. So we pick up a can of tomato juice. Ever heard that? Yes, use it to remove skunk smell off humans. I can now say with certainty that it works.

Fast forward...two hours later we have a clean dog, candles lit all over the house, we are happy that Febreeze makes a wide variety of products, and we've showered ourselves with tomato juice. Who'd have thought when we sat down to watch So You Think You Can Dance that we'd have this kind of night? I hope it's not true that dogs only have short term memory, and that Zoey remembers not to ever play with skunks again. Seriously, we pray. UGH.