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The best solutions I have found are quiet similar and you should choose
the one most appropriate.
The first one involves boiling a saucepan full of cheap vinegar until the
house is filled with the smell of the vinegar, then open the windows and
flush fresh air through the house. Then apparently once the vingear smell
disapates the skunk scent will have too.
The second involves leaving jars or pans of vinegar or weak ammonia
solution lying around the house , this works the same way as the boiling
only a little slower. But I dont advise this if you have small children in
the house, vinegar and especially ammonia can be very harmful to young
skin and eyes.
Oh yeh as for the dog a couple of things will work, the old tomato juice
bath, not so good if you have a white dog(it will turn them pink for
awhile). A bath in vinegar is OK, if the dog can stand it and keep it away
from their nose and eyes. A gentler one is using vanilla essense on a rag
and wipe the effected area, good for the nose etc.
For a really strong smell this peroxide wash could be good. Make it up as
follows:
1 Quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
1/4 cup of Baking Soda
1 teaspoon of Liquid Soap
Wash while mixture is bubbling... rinse off with tap water.
OK hope that helps
David Barker
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