I purchased this product the day after I saw a skunk in my yard because I knew exactly what was going to happen! I am so thankful I did because the exact scenario I imagined happened! Within two weeks after it arrived, my 110 pound AmericanBulldo/chocolate lab mix, couch potato, dog, who has never slept outside since he has been with us, was sprayed right in the face by our adorable yard skunk! He turned and the spray went down his side. Unfortunately, my husband did not realize he had been sprayed and let him in the house! He caught him quickly, and thankfully, before he made it to the couch! We immediately took our chunky boy outside and bathed him! I used1/4 cup of blue dawn dish detergent mixed with 15 drops of Youngliving Purification essential oil. (See comparable charts on Google for other name brads equal to Purification) We applied this mixture before wetting the dog. This is important! I did not rub it into his skin because I am not sure how it would affect him. It was just to get the initial skunk oil off his fur. I also did not put this near his eyes for the same reason. Remember that the skunk sprayed his face though! Once the oil mixture was rinsed off, we used the De-skunk shampoo. It worked perfectly! I rubbed it down to his skin and around his face. I was careful not to get it in his eyes. I did rinse his eyes with a lot of water because he had skunk spray in his eyes as well! It was so horrible! I was gagging because the smell was so strong! Because my husband was the one who caught him and saved our furniture, his hands were all skunky too! After washing my poor chubby boy, my husband’s hands did not stink and the dog was clean, and although not 100 percent skunk free, there was just a light scent left on him. Mostly right between his eyes where I was afraid to use too much shampoo for fear of it getting in his eye and burning them worse. He slept on the couch the rest of the day without stinking up the furniture! About a week after the first spray, he met the skunk again! This time it was between the cars! My car was skunked as was the dog! We washed him in the house this time because it was about 11:00 at night. Y’all, just don’t! It was so bad! And I wasn’t able to get him washed very well. It was not worth what I had to do the next day! I had to call in to work the next day to try to make it all better. I took him back outside and washed him the same way again. This time it got him in the face and down under his chest. I missed some spots the night before and he still slept on the couch that night. Because my nose was so ruined from the initial smell of him being sprayed, I could not tell how bad he and my house smelled until I woke up the next morning and opened my bedroom door! Luckily, I had covered everything with towels and throws. I have washed those towels so many times and they still smell like skunk! I may try to wash them in the tub with the shampoo next time. I am sure there will be a next time! I have washed him with this shampoo twice, and we used a lot, but I’m pretty sure I can get another wash or two out of the bottle. Does this shampoo work? YES! Is it worth the money? YES! Will I purchase this product again? YES! Although I did use other products with the shampoo, I could really tell the difference once I used the shampoo. We did not wear gloves. Our hands smelled like skunk until we used the shampoo to wash the dog. It cleaned the remaining skunk spray from the dog AND off us, without skin irritation. I think the key to de-skunking is to wash immediately, preferably outside no mater the time of night. Even the next morning, about 7 hours after he was sprayed the second time, and after an initial wash with missed spots, the shampoo worked, just not as well once the skunk oil set for a bit. Even though the second blast lingered a little longer due to our delay in getting him correctly bathed (not due to lack of the shampoo working) the smell was tolerable and he was able to stay in the house and sleep with us without our family smelling like skunk. This stuff is amazing! It does work! You just have to act fast because skunk spray is an oil and the longer it sits, the harder it is to remove! We did not and will not kill the skunk. We have stopped dumping scraps over the fence. It seems to have worked. I have smelled the little cutie, but I am haven’t seen it in the yard again. We do beat on the door and clap our hands before letting the dog out now! I love the wildlife around us and refuse to kill them because of something I caused. If you have skunks, you need to keep this shampoo in your house!!!!
