Stinky Situation

On Saturday night, Brandon and I got home from visiting my parents in Temecula.

We let Lucy out in the backyard to go Potty before bed,

and we left the screen door propped open so she could come back in when she wanted.

A few minutes later she comes darting back into the house,

climbs up on the couch and onto Brandon's lap.

I'm in the bedroom and I hear him say,

"Umm babe. I think Lucy was sprayed by a skunk."

I come out and see her shivering there, she can't open her eyes and she's dripping yellow oil. 
"Oh my God, it sprayed her face?! IT SPRAYED HER FACE?! What will happen to her?!"

I begin to panic.

Brandon calmly picks her up and takes her into the bathroom and asks me to google it.

The smell hits my nostrils.

It burns my throat.

It smells like the most potent vomit, garlic and burnt rubber mixture.

"Babe, I need you to hurry," I can tell he's trying not to freak out.

I throw open my laptop and type in "Dog sprayed in face by skunk"

The first passage I read says it could cause temporary blindness.

I almost black out.

I shriek that she's going to go blind!

He's scrubbing her body furiously in the bathtub,

and I call the emergency pet number that I stored in my phone three years ago.

They answer right away,

"Mytinydogwassprayedinthefacebyaskunk,shecan'topenhereyes,willshegoblind?!"

"No, no, she won't go blind," the kind lady reassures me. "But she is probably experiencing a lot of discomfort. Just keep pouring water on her head and it should flush out."

She went on to recommend that we buy Vaginal Douche 
and that washing her with it could be very effective for removing the smell.

She also recommended a mixture of Hyrdrogen Peroxide, Baking Soda and Soap.

{The tomato juice idea is a myth and does not work!}

I grab my keys and fly out the door to Rite Aid.

I stop the first worker that I see in the store and ask her what aisle the Hydrogen Peroxide is.

I'm rambling that our dog was sprayed by a skunk and suddenly she stops smiling,

takes a step back and says,

"Wow, I can smell you. The Hydrogen Peroxide is that way," pointing around the corner.

I beeline for it and grab the largest bottle I can,

in addition to a huge box that says DOUCHE in large dark letters

and dart over to the line behind two guys.

"Something reeks like skunk." One of them observes.

My cheeks flush and I try my hardest to hide the enormous box of douche that I am holding.

The cashier lets me know that he can smell me but not to worry because he's

"from the country and used to that sort of thing."

 Gee thanks.

When I get back home and walk through the front door, I'm slapped in the face by the smell. 
There is almost a green cloud in our house.

My throat burns.

I want to cry.

I open all of our windows and doors and set up fans all over the house,

all while Brandon is still washing Lucy.

Her eyes were finally open but she kept licking her poor nose which was probably on fire.

She cried like a baby because we kept her in the bathroom for a few hours

while we cleaned the carpets and vacuumed.

Poor thing with her watery eyes after being scrubbed raw

I'm not sure if the douche did anything,

{and smelled strangely like Listerine Mouthwash}

but the hydrogen peroxide mixture helped a lot!

For your future reference:

Skunk Removal Mixture

-teaspoon of detergent

-1 liter hydrogen peroxide

-1/4 cup baking soda

Now this is not to say that she smells like clean laundry now

because she does not.

I can still smell it faintly on her neck and it has been 4 days.

But I think in another few days,

we'll wash her again with the mixture.

Brandon and I were up until 2 in the morning that night and spent the whole rest of the day cleaning the carpet that she walked across,

taking all of the covers off of the couch,

febreezing curtains and throw pillows,

bleaching the bathroom

and doing laundry.

It was a nightmare.

Our house still smells of it and I worry it will never be normal again.

I really wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy,

and if I EVER see that skunk again,

he will be very, very sorry.

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