oh boy, sorry!

tomato juice, nope. I had a friend use it once, the dog smelled like tomatoes until he got wet. Then he smelled like wet dog, skunk and tomatoes.

When I had my borzoi I was advised to keep a bottle of plain unscented douche around. Spray half of it on the dog, shampoo, drench with remaining douche. I used that method on two occasions and there was no trace of skunk afterwards.

Best story I ever heard about getting skunked was from a student I used to work with. A skunk got in the family farmhouse kitchen. Uncle said if you pick it up by the tail, it won't spray. Then uncle said, if you douse the kitchen with kerosene and light it that will take care of the smell......Result? A new kitchen of course. I hoped they never took uncle's advice again!

Why not just wash the garage floor with the de-skunk juice and hose it out? Since we regularly have a skunk to dine with the porch kitties, NOT INVITED, I am used to having the skunk smell at the front porch area. He is usually very polite but the other night the neighbors dog chased him into our culvert and the front yard reeks of him. Maybe rinse off the front porch steps the same way.

I did have my dog skunked at a time we had NO plumbing because septic was ripped up due to be replaced the next day. I had to mix the tomato juice and shampoo together and scrub him up then throw him in the river for a good rinsing. He is a house dog and I had to wash him this way.

Maybe some fa-breeze for the car.

I am so sorry this has happened to you. It really does stink.

And that is why I hired the skunk man @ $250 to trap my skunk. He'd successfully cleared out a mom and her babies a couple of years ago but this time, skunk is too smart. Skunk man says skunk will be back. I've been gathering eggs 3 times a day so they aren't there to eat. I am a nervous wreck walking into the chicken house. Look all around the outside of the building. Look over the dutch door. Rattle rattle. Turn on the light. Look into the chicken area through the window in the door, cautiously open the door. Look all around the perimeter and into the nest boxes. Look at the trap to see if the door is sprung. Walk cautiously into the chicken area keeping head on a swivel. If everything looks OK proceed to the nest boxes, look inside, if clear, gather the eggs. Look all around the perimeter and everywhere. Walk out fast! One of the chickens touched my leg the other day and I nearly wet myself!

Skunk? Ewwwww! I've never been directly involved with a skunk that has sprayed but have encountered the odor on the road when one has met an untimely death. Stinky! Sounds like you have it down to a science though. Ick!

You're using the right stuff to de-skunk the dog - it actually changes the thiols (the part that stinks) instead of just attempting to mask the odor.

Here is the web site that will tell you everything about getting rid of the odor. I don't think it will be too hard but DH should be the one doing this, not you. http://users.humboldt.edu/wfwood/deodorize.shtml

Print this out, folks! It can save your pet's life and your marriage! Yes, I have used it multiple times and like the OP am never without the peroxide and baking soda at the ready.

Oh no Caroline! How is the smell now? When dd was 17, she drove home late one night, hit a skunk without realizing that's what it was, and then parked in the garage. It did stink the next day but went away pretty fast, maybe a couple of days.

I found this by mistake, but completely agree with the tomato juice (or tomato anything) is useless -- just looks like a mess and the smell is all there when you rinse it off -- and thatt he hydrogen peroxide/baking soda method is the way to go. I have used baby shampoo as well as Dawn.

One year, my dogs got hit 4 times -- the worst one of them on our driveway at the front corner or our house. The skunk was between a bush and tree trunk and got startled when the dogs came anxiously down the driveway for their evening walk. I was at the far end of the house and didn't hear DH yell for me, so he came through the house with the dogs. My car was parked right there and the smell seeped in. I tried airing it, wiping it down, but it was still smelly. I put a couple of open boxes of baking soda in the car and left it closeed up for a while and then lit a couple of scented candles and let them burn (carefully placed, windows open and monitored) for an hour or two. That took care of the final bit. All I could do for the house was turn on the range hood, spray some Febreeze and light some candles, but that worked. Our next door neighbor had dogs come in the house after being sprayed (babysitted didn't know what the smell was -- thought something was burning and alled the fire dept). They had to replace a sofa and carpet -- that I know of.

If you still have skunk in the garage, I would spray or wipe down any surfaces you can and hose, mop or wipe with a clean cloth. Use baking soda (poured in some pans ofor more surface area) and as long as you can keep an eye on them, maybe try a couple of scented candles too.

Like you, I keep a specially designated bottle of hydrogen peroxide and box of baking soda near the back door. The Dawn is right there too since our side door comes into the kitchen betwen our two sinks.