Survival Files  •  AR Files  •  AK Files  •  H&K
Here you can view your subscribed threads, work with private messages and edit your profile and preferences Registration is free! Calendar Find other members Frequently Asked Questions Search Home  
Post New Thread       Post A Reply

The FAL Files Forums  »  Discussion Forums » The Great Outdoors » It's 2:30 am do you know were your skunk is?
  Last Thread   Next Thread
Author
Topic: It's 2:30 am do you know were your skunk is?
Blue Monster
Walnut & GM Slayer
Silver Contributor

FALaholic # 21622

Old Post September 03, 2010 08:04    Click Here to See the Profile for Blue Monster   Click here to Send Blue Monster a Private Message   Click Here to Email Blue Monster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #1

No?
Sam does.



So I am half crashed on the futon in my office, window open, nice light thunderstorm outside I got some mellow Leon Russell jammin' real low.
I had the shop window fan on with my office door cracked and a window open in my office to suck a nice breeze through me office. Suddenly it was like a physical sledge hammer, been outside in the thunderstorm hitting him with a good remedy but it hit real near my house and office. Only morning will tell how much good I did.

Now Sam and I are quarantined to the office (Sam to his office bed on concert PARKED) and I have 2 hearing protectors stuffed in my in my nose.

Something tells me I will be up all night and worth a damn tomorrow.
Not sure but I think I smell as bad as Sam, should I just start drinking now and say "screw it I am doomed anyway" lol.


__________________
180,000 miles per second, not just a good idea. It's the law!

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson


Status: Online | Posts: 1304 | Registered: Nov 2006 | Marketplace Rating: (50) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Survey Punk
A tenth short of closing

FALaholic # 8380

Old Post September 03, 2010 13:37    Click Here to See the Profile for Survey Punk   Click here to Send Survey Punk a Private Message   Click Here to Email Survey Punk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #2

Skunks just don't get it. All pups want to do is be friends.
Poor guy. Think he learned anything?

JB


__________________
"If innocence is no protection from the weight of criminal law, a crucial incentive to maintain innocence is lost"
Fran Haga


Status: Online | Posts: 3779 | Registered: Dec 2002 | Marketplace Rating: (11) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
RG Coburn
Curio & Relic
Contributor

FALaholic # 27406

Old Post September 04, 2010 01:26    Click Here to See the Profile for RG Coburn   Click here to Send RG Coburn a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #3

I'll take him. I love beagles,whether they smell like skunks or not.


Status: Online | Posts: 4363 | Registered: Mar 2007 | Marketplace Rating: (19) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Blue Monster
Walnut & GM Slayer
Silver Contributor

FALaholic # 21622

Old Post September 04, 2010 01:49    Click Here to See the Profile for Blue Monster   Click here to Send Blue Monster a Private Message   Click Here to Email Blue Monster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #4

He he me too, best damn dog I have ever had.

Beagles rule!

He was pretty bummed out last night and was shivering wet and whimpering a little. I rinsed his eyes with saline after I cleaned him up in the rain then I took an old blanket wrapped him in it and let him curl up against me all night. He slept a little and shows no issues today other than the stench... but since he was hit right next to my shop, everything stinks.

55 and raining tonight, so nice.

For RG:

a little younger and A LOT happier


__________________
180,000 miles per second, not just a good idea. It's the law!

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson


Status: Online | Posts: 1304 | Registered: Nov 2006 | Marketplace Rating: (50) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
dakdak
Member

FALaholic # 13083

Old Post September 04, 2010 01:59    Click Here to See the Profile for dakdak   Click here to Send dakdak a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #5

I have heard that one of the best natural cleaners that will get the stink off man or dog is tomato juice. I hear you can wipe your dog down with tomato juice, rinse him off and you should be good to go.

Check on it...it may work.



Status: Online | Posts: 477 | Registered: Jan 2004 | Marketplace Rating: (3) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
brunop
Moderator
Gettin' ready?

FALaholic # 17136

Old Post September 04, 2010 02:12    Click Here to See the Profile for brunop   Click here to Send brunop a Private Message   Click Here to Email brunop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #6

doesn't work.

Ask me how I know.

Most work I ever did on a dog was pulling 30 or 40 quills out of the dogs muzzle and nose where the porcupine absolutely NAILED him.

If they were partly in, I pulled out against the 'grain' (barbs is really too much, but you know what I'm talking about). If they were through the lip, I pulled all the way through. I pulled a couple from the wall of the nose through the nostrils.


__________________
"When firearms go, all goes - we need them every hour." - George Washington

"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." - Thomas Jefferson

"The constitutions of most of our states [and of the United States] assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed; that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property and freedom of the press." - Thomas Jefferson


Status: Online | Posts: 3441 | Registered: Mar 2005 | Marketplace Rating: (24) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
dakdak
Member

FALaholic # 13083

Old Post September 04, 2010 02:24    Click Here to See the Profile for dakdak   Click here to Send dakdak a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #7

Well, you learn something everyay.

If brunop says tomato juice doesn't work it does not work.

I have two dogs myself, and as they say, "enquiring minds want to know"...does anyone know what takes the stench off man or beast ?



Status: Online | Posts: 477 | Registered: Jan 2004 | Marketplace Rating: (3) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Blue Monster
Walnut & GM Slayer
Silver Contributor

FALaholic # 21622

Old Post September 04, 2010 02:26    Click Here to See the Profile for Blue Monster   Click here to Send Blue Monster a Private Message   Click Here to Email Blue Monster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #8

I used Hydrogen peroxide mixed with baking soda and Dawn. Then rinsed him very well with a hose, I did the 5 times. He still stinks but nothing like last night unless your too close

__________________
180,000 miles per second, not just a good idea. It's the law!

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson


Status: Online | Posts: 1304 | Registered: Nov 2006 | Marketplace Rating: (50) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
RG Coburn
Curio & Relic
Contributor

FALaholic # 27406

Old Post September 04, 2010 06:04    Click Here to See the Profile for RG Coburn   Click here to Send RG Coburn a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #9

I've used tomato juice.It seemed to work okay. Lemon juice too. I imagine white or cider vinegar might work too. Its the acid that breaks that smell down.


Status: Online | Posts: 4363 | Registered: Mar 2007 | Marketplace Rating: (19) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Survey Punk
A tenth short of closing

FALaholic # 8380

Old Post September 04, 2010 14:23    Click Here to See the Profile for Survey Punk   Click here to Send Survey Punk a Private Message   Click Here to Email Survey Punk     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #10

Vinegar will also soften porcupine quills.

JB


__________________
"If innocence is no protection from the weight of criminal law, a crucial incentive to maintain innocence is lost"
Fran Haga


Status: Online | Posts: 3779 | Registered: Dec 2002 | Marketplace Rating: (11) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
lew
The Files' #1 Amoeba

FALaholic # 16727

Old Post September 05, 2010 02:41    Click Here to See the Profile for lew   Click here to Send lew a Private Message   Click Here to Email lew     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #11

Poor dog, although mine go out of their way to smell absolutely foul, so they'd love it.

I'm wise to your plan for skunk ambush when I come up. Nice try.



__________________
Make mine a 7.62 NATO.

"There are people out there whose entire lives are dedicated to taking your rights away"

"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." -Robert A. Heinlein


Status: Online | Posts: 4567 | Registered: Jan 2005 | Marketplace Rating: (28) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
pns112500
Senior Member

FALaholic # 49957

Old Post September 05, 2010 06:49    Click Here to See the Profile for pns112500   Click here to Send pns112500 a Private Message   Click Here to Email pns112500     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #12

Sorry Sam.

__________________
ggiilliiees back. Party on Wayne. Party on Garth.


Status: Offline | Posts: 946 | Registered: Oct 2009 | Marketplace Rating: (2) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
SWOHFAL
Curio & Relic

FALaholic # 34346

Old Post September 05, 2010 09:14    Click Here to See the Profile for SWOHFAL   Click here to Send SWOHFAL a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #13

quote:
Originally posted by RG Coburn
I've used tomato juice.It seemed to work okay. Lemon juice too. I imagine white or cider vinegar might work too. Its the acid that breaks that smell down.


The vinegar (acid) can also work, but I wouldn't mix it with the peroxide solution to avoid pH issues affecting the peroxide (a base). Use it as a follow-up and to help with laundering "skunky" items.


__________________
Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky


Status: Offline | Posts: 3715 | Registered: Feb 2008 | Marketplace Rating: (1) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
ggiilliiee
Browning's love child

FALaholic # 17179

Old Post September 05, 2010 19:59    Click Here to See the Profile for ggiilliiee   Click here to Send ggiilliiee a Private Message   Click Here to Email ggiilliiee     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #14

organic chemists from cornell say vannila extract is the best deodorizer you can find ..

__________________
"its not the person who has too little, but the person that always craves more that is poor"
"if you run, you wont have time to die tired"

"pain is just fear leaving your body"

"this will be our little secret timmy "....the POPE


Status: Offline | Posts: 4851 | Registered: Mar 2005 | Marketplace Rating: (13) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
JohnnyMac
Veteran Member
Contributor

FALaholic # 365

Old Post September 05, 2010 20:33    Click Here to See the Profile for JohnnyMac   Click here to Send JohnnyMac a Private Message   Click Here to Email JohnnyMac     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #15

quote:
Originally posted by dakdak
Well, you learn something everyay.

If brunop says tomato juice doesn't work it does not work.

I have two dogs myself, and as they say, "enquiring minds want to know"...does anyone know what takes the stench off man or beast ?



When my buddy's hound/terrier mix got sprayed, we used some kind of enzymatic odor neutralizer that was recommended by a farrier. It worked fairly well, but there was a lingering aroma for a few days. I believe that time elapsed between exposure and cleanup is critical. Also, his dog had a fairly smooth coat, so I imagine getting the smell out of something like a Golden Retriever would be more difficult.

JMc


__________________
20 JAN 2013, "The end of our Current Error"


Status: Online | Posts: 1117 | Registered: Jul 2000 | Marketplace Rating: (1) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
brownknees
Dinosaur
Bronze Contributor

FALaholic # 14917

Old Post September 05, 2010 22:17    Click Here to See the Profile for brownknees   Click here to Send brownknees a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #16

I actually have no friggin' idea where "Sid" the skunk is at that hour. He (she) (there's a story there involving multiple waddling skunklets) He (she) shows up at about 9:30, eats & leaves!
Maybe she heads over to you for seconds?



Status: Offline | Posts: 11789 | Registered: Jul 2004 | Marketplace Rating: (41) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
SWOHFAL
Curio & Relic

FALaholic # 34346

Old Post September 06, 2010 04:23    Click Here to See the Profile for SWOHFAL   Click here to Send SWOHFAL a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #17

quote:
Originally posted by ggiilliiee
organic chemists from cornell say vannila extract is the best deodorizer you can find ..


That's pretty much only going to work if you don't have such a powerful odor to overcome. It might be good for a dog's final rinse phase after de-skunking.


__________________
Man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that great gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creature is born.

- Fyodor Dostoevsky


Status: Offline | Posts: 3715 | Registered: Feb 2008 | Marketplace Rating: (1) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Firestarter
Old World Order
Silver Contributor

FALaholic # 11413

Old Post September 06, 2010 20:20    Click Here to See the Profile for Firestarter   Click here to Send Firestarter a Private Message       Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #18

Hell my Great Grandad who was quite the woodsman would go and try to find a skunk to spray him when he had a cold. (From what I understand though he likely did it just to piss off my G Grandmother who was meaner than the devil.)

My mom said that he claimed skunk musk would clear your head cold up.

So Blue, do we get a discount on any of your products that smell like skunk?


__________________
ΜΟLΟΝ ΛΑΒΕ


Status: Online | Posts: 5290 | Registered: Aug 2003 | Marketplace Rating: (44) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Blue Monster
Walnut & GM Slayer
Silver Contributor

FALaholic # 21622

Old Post September 06, 2010 21:39    Click Here to See the Profile for Blue Monster   Click here to Send Blue Monster a Private Message   Click Here to Email Blue Monster     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #19

No stinks on me


A for A BGS


__________________
180,000 miles per second, not just a good idea. It's the law!

I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me. - Hunter S. Thompson


Status: Online | Posts: 1304 | Registered: Nov 2006 | Marketplace Rating: (50) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
Brett
Veteran Member

FALaholic # 3389

Old Post September 07, 2010 10:07    Click Here to See the Profile for Brett   Click here to Send Brett a Private Message   Click Here to Email Brett     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #20

I had a Siberian Husky that killed every Skunk he saw. After being sprayed the first time it was like a quest for him. I cleaned him up at least six times.

__________________
If dogs could talk there would be more dogfights.


Status: Online | Posts: 1784 | Registered: Jun 2001 | Marketplace Rating: (12) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
STGThndr
Veteran Member

FALaholic # 14583

Old Post September 08, 2010 00:45    Click Here to See the Profile for STGThndr   Click here to Send STGThndr a Private Message   Click Here to Email STGThndr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote Post #21

maybe I just raise dumb dogs, but every Samoyed Ive had chases skunks. One night all four of them caught a trespassing skunk and proceeded to part it out. Each was tugging in a different direction... and the area reeked.... There was a lot of yellin and cussin to get the sams to break... dropped the skunk to the ground and backed off. The perp lay on the ground puffing and panting.... whereupon I popped em with a coupla BHP rounds. Immediately sirens wailing and chase engines roarin up the road.... my white-faced wife peerin out the door.. and my lovely wonderful Sams coated in reeking yellow stench...
I got the pistol away before the first cop arrived and stood waiting.. FIVE cop cars out there... apparently someone heard the cussin and shots and told the dispatcher Id killed my wife.... Well we go that sorted out when they smelled the skunk and were reassured the wife was ok... told me that if I EVER did that again I had better CALL them so they don't run hot with every cop in the vicinity... as they left I asked the officer in charge of the "scene" if he wanted to confiscate the evidence to lend more credulity to his report... he declined in spite of my best efforts to be helpful...
The short of it was a douching for each dog after they spent the night outside.. when I had cleaned them up a bit they went en masse into the back of the pick-up to the groomer. That woman is a saint.. she got em all cleaned up and purty smellin and didnt empty my bank account to do it.
FWIW the local Walmart sells an enzymatic cleaner which neutralises skunk odor. We keep a bottle under the sink.. and I shoot the smelly varmints with the low noise .22s kept in a Mossberg when they come around. The same ammo works on feral cats and porkies, but that's another tale....


__________________
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.

W.B Yeats


Status: Online | Posts: 1939 | Registered: Jun 2004 | Marketplace Rating: (0) | IP: Logged | Report this post to a Moderator
All times are GMT. The time now is 01:04. Post New Thread    Post A Reply
  Last Thread   Next Thread
Show Printable Version | Email this Page | Subscribe to this Thread

Forum Jump:
Rate This Thread:

Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
 
< Contact Us - The FAL Files > © 1998-2004 The FAL Files, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Opinions, Views and Comments expressed by the members of this forum are their own and do not necessarily state or reflect those of The FAL Files or any of it's agents. the FAL Files does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of these messages and opinions, and does not perform an independent investigation to verify their truth or accuracy. All posted messages are the sole responsibility of the person from which such post originated. The FAL Files assumes no liability in any way for the content of any posted message or opinion, including, but not limited to, any errors or ommissions in any posted message.

Powered by: vBulletin Version 2.2.6   Copyright ©2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.
The Opinions, Views and Comments expressed by the members of this forum are their own and do not necessarily state or reflect those of The FAL Files or any of it's agents. the FAL Files does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of these messages and opinions, and does not perform an independent investigation to verify their truth or accuracy. All posted messages are the sole responsibility of the person from which such post originated. The FAL Files assumes no liability in any way for the content of any posted message or opinion, including, but not limited to, any errors or ommissions in any posted message.
Page generated in 0.162 seconds (85.63% PHP - 14.37% MySQL) with 25 queries.