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joevan wrote:

On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:10:35 -0400, Phisherman
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Yeah. The other neighbor's large dog got sprayed really good. The
dog was throwing up for several hours. After several days the dog
owner said they used a two gallons of tomato juice on the dogs thick
fur.
One summer in Maine we had that pleasure, using a gallon or so of
tomato juice on the dog.

Tomato juice doesn't work. That's just old urban legend. Here's what
does: (it has no shelf life, so keep the separate ingredients on hand
for mixing when needed)

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The news has traveled far: Scientists nationwide are claiming a homemade
recipe can give you peace of mind if your pet has an unpleasant
encounter with a skunk... of course there's still folks who prefer
tomato juice or vinegar.

Forget tomato juice, it just doesn't work, Division of Wildlife
researcher Tom Beck said while looking over a recipe.

He wasn't talking about a bloody Mary.

Beck's dog recently rolled around in the remnants of a skunk that had
been dead for two weeks. "There's nothing that smells much worse," he
said.

Instead of banishing his dog outside for the night, Beck tried a
chemical concoction of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and liquid soap.
The combination apparently neutralizes organic compounds that cause the
foul-smelling odor.

"It really works," Beck said. He found the recipe in Wildlife Control
Technology magazine.

The formula is a safe, fast and cheap skunk deodorant that was developed
by chemist Paul Krebaum of Lisle, Ill., when a colleague's cat was in
dire need of a cure. The recipe includes:

One quart of 3 percent hydrogen peroxide

One-fourth cup baking soda

One teaspoon liquid soap

Skunk essence is made of sulfur molecules, Krebaum explained in the
article. The materials in the recipe, when mixed together, form an
alkaline peroxide, which chemically changes the skunk essence into
sulfonic acid; a completely odorless chemical. The soap breaks down the
oily skunk essence, making it more susceptible to the other chemicals.