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Posted by Laura McCulloch on April 26th, 2011 at 07:37 AM | 1 comments | | Tweet

Now she just smells like a wet dog...which is better than being skunkified.

Last night, at the end of a very long and convoluted Monday, Bella the Dog got sprayed in the face at close range by Pepe LePew. Having been through this before, I knew that time was of the essence (pardon the pun) so I sprinted over to the drugstore to retrieve the cleansing solutions before the oily sprayage soaked too deeply into her coat. I picked up the requisite hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dishsoap for the following concoction:

1 Qt 3% hydrogen peroxide
1/4 cup baking soda
1 tsp. liquid soap

We’ve used this before and it works. Kinda. So I also decided to try another solution this time and, on the advice of a friend, bought a bottle of Head and Shoulders. And guess what? It totally got the job done! We lathered Bella up real good, let it sit for a few minutes, then rinsed her off and voila! Now she just smells like a wet dog…which is better than being skunkified. I suspect we’ll have more occasions to de-skunk Bella, so I’m keeping Head and Shoulders on hand along with the peroxide/soda/soap fixins….just in case.

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