The one on the right passed away from a semi rare illness at 8 years old. The one on the left is named Addison and she loves every activity. Lisa even took her to herding classes and she excelled once she understood the sheep weren’t dogs to play with her.
She’s a cutie 
Yeah but sadly she’s getting old. She’s going to be 9 in a couple months and I’m seeing her slow down.
I hate noticing that. I have a cat that I’m seeing slow down, than I realized she’s almost 16! Outa likes so
Look at that face! Such a happy pupper!!!
Looks like an American pitty cross–maybe some Lab in there?
And if you add a few drops of rosemary oil and lavender oil to the shampoo-- you’ll help the smell!
Start her on some supplements!
Smaller dogs USUALLY live longer than bigger dogs… 15 years isn’t unheard of!
Hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and a couple drops of dish detergent should also help knock out the smell. You can also spray it on carpet or fabric that has picked up the smell
yeah, not. the only thing that takes the smell away is tomato juice. when the daughter called and asked that’s what i told her, she immediately asked what else. she tried all sorts of stuff over a two week period before giving up. she is pretty hard headed sometimes, but it serves her well mostly. she fixed her lawnmower the other day and was very proud of that, and she diagnosed spider mites from a brief glance at a picture of a sick plant and that turned out right also. i do wish she had had some tomato juice though. yes, he is an american pit, no crosses at all. very sweet boy and loves playing with the goats, chickens, and ducks. have a great day!
edit: don’t want to sound like a dick completely, so i need to clarify. nothing will REMOVE the smell except tomato juice, although all the things mentioned and some others HELP WITH the smell. i’ve only been through it with my dogs a few times, but i have been around folks trying other things many times.
Its the acids and natural enzymes in the juice…nothing does as good a job! But after, your dog can smell a bit “iffy” and the juice can dry out their skin…so a good wash with shampoo and essential oils helps.
I agree, tomato juice is the ticket although in my experience time is the only thing that will get rid of all of the residual odor after tomatoing.
I don’t seek to be contrary, but helpful. We live in the country and our dogs will run hundred of acres, which results in high run ins with skunks. You’d think they’d learn; they don’t. That said, please consider an alternative to tomato juice for the dog’s sake—their sense of smell is much higher than ours and the skunk smell irritates their senses.
Tomato juice is merely a perfume. There are limited chemical interactions and it doesn’t function to strip the skunk spray off the dog. The prevalent recommendation from country veterinarians is hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap. You can read more here and find the recipe for the dog wash: How does tomato juice make skunk smell go away? | Science Questions with Surprising Answers
now she specifically mentioned that one, first one she tried. it did nothing to abate the smell at all, along with four or five other things she read about on the internet. i may not know a lot about science these days but i do know that if i can’t smell it the dog is not irritated by it even if he could smell it. if it irritates me it damned sure irritates the hell out of him. tomato juice makes it me stop smelling it so is what i shall continue to use. if i ever get into the situation personally again i will try the peroxide first as she may have mixed it wrong. i doubt it though, she was trying as hard as she could to avoid going to the store for tomato juice.
That’s not how a dog’s olfactory senses work—the concept that if it doesn’t bother a human nose, then it doesn’t bother the dog’s nose is anthropomorphism in a nutshell. Dogs have a sense of smell 50 times greater than humans—so if you can’t smell it but it’s there, they can. Additionally, dog smell can isolate specific smells, which helps them locate food in the wind but also has the ability to isolate strong scents in their nostrils as well. Skunk smells can irritate the lungs as well, if not properly removed. I can understand if humans are well treated with tomato, but leaving skunk spray on something with that sensitive of a smell system is truly unfair to the animal—especially if the science disproves your treatment of the animal. I know we all sit on a scale of how well we treat our animals—but it nears on maltreatment to know that this fails to remove the spray and then continue to use it for human comfort.
what i am saying is that if i can’t smell it it is gone. something about the acid from the tomato that neutralizes it.
This is an amazing mix! My wife found it years ago. It is also great for killing odor in carpet and fabric! It works way better than natures miracle and is super cheap to make in comparison
Totally agree this combo works. Our dog’s been skunked 3 times. He will never learn.
We found a good “recipe” online for the h202 w baking soda to make a thin “paste”.
To apply to skunked fur, Keep out of eyes, nose and ears.
Then be sure to rinse it off.
Beautiful pups! I’m sorry you lost them… 
Dog love to roll in anything stinky and love to eat anything that is stinky cause of there sense of smell!
