So stinky

June 3, 2008 6:53 PM

My dog has cat pee on her. She stinks. HELP.

Sometime today, our little dog rolled around in some cat pee in our backyard. We bathed her, but she still stinks. Any ideas on how to abate the odor? Vinegar?

posted by gnutron to pets & animals (10 comments total)

1/3 baking soda, 1/3 peroxide, 1/3 Dawn washing up liquid. Mix it up, coat the dog being careful of eyes and mucous membranes, and let it sit for 10 minutes. Rinse.

Also works for skunks.
posted by fshgrl at 7:00 PM on June 3 [2 favorites]

Cheap soda water, the CO2 helps breaks down the smelly bits in cat pee.
posted by hortense at 7:22 PM on June 3

Dr Bronner's peppermint or unscented. Forget the eucalyptus and tea tree which tend to mimic the pee smell.
posted by firstdrop at 7:44 PM on June 3

Using human shampoos on a dog is a bad idea. Even baby shampoos are too harsh for them.
posted by hjo3 at 8:00 PM on June 3

Thanks for the answers all. Lacking peroxide, we used a mix of 1/2 white vinegar & 1/2 water along with a good measure of dog shampoo. Seems to have done the trick.
posted by gnutron at 8:01 PM on June 3

1/3 baking soda, 1/3 peroxide, 1/3 Dawn washing up liquid. Mix it up, coat the dog being careful of eyes and mucous membranes, and let it sit for 10 minutes. Rinse.

Also works for skunks.

Quoted for truth. Note that it has to be Dawn brand (sorry folks in foreign lands) and that you may need a repeat treatment for a real bad skunking.
posted by Rock Steady at 8:11 PM on June 3

I know that they use Dawn to wash seabirds coated in oil, primarily because it is the only soap that doesn't harm the bird...so i'm sure that it would be suitable for cleaning a dog.

Dawn actually sends some of their detergents to oil spill sites sometimes, and usually don't try to point fingers at themselves for positive PR.
posted by schyler523 at 9:46 PM on June 3

The equivalent of Dawn is Fairy in the UK. It's what the RSPCA uses to wash oily seabirds, otters, etc.
posted by essexjan at 3:40 AM on June 4

Also works for skunks.

Why on earth would you want to bath a skunk?
posted by found missing at 10:10 AM on June 4

Why on earth would you want to bath a skunk?

Because they're stinky, silly.
posted by phredgreen at 10:23 PM on June 4