I've used tomato juice, and it doesn't work at all. It's just that after close contact with a skunked dog, the sensors in your nose kind of shut down.

The Massingill douche was GREAT! But they don't seem to make it anymore. I knew of a hairy German guy who got sprayed right in the bare chest, and his wife made several pitchers of the stuff and made him pour it over him. They went to a pary that same night, and no one said anything about skunks.

The homemade deskunker recipe is from my vet. The combination of ingredients are supposed to have a firm basis in science.

You might be able to cut the hair off a shaggy type of dog, but if you've got a Lab or Pitbull, why bother?

OOOPS! Don't use the recipe above around the eyes. For the face, mix one tablespoon of Trichotine Douche Powder to 1 quart of warm water, and use that. One 5oz jar costs about $14. If that's all you have and you're desperate, dilute it all and saturate the dog with it.

Sue