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Simple kit cleans up a pet's skunkified smell Sep 06, 2015 12:00 AM A A Several years ago, I remember reading a skunk story in the Mail Tribune and in it you guys printed the ingredients of a kit to keep in the house on the off-chance that your dog has a smelly encounter with a skunk. At the time, I didn't have a dog, or I would have put one of those kits together. But I have a dog now and news that a co-worker's dog got on the wrong end of a skunk this week reminds me that I really need to get that kit put together. Can you print that kit's ingredients again? — K.K., Medford We at Since You Asked Central are all about recirculating good material when we stumble upon it, K-Squared. And for dog owners, this little kit has generated a fair amount of interest for which we at SYA-C can certainly try to take credit. Truthfully, however, the credit goes to Rich Landers, the outdoors columnist for the Spokesman-Review newspaper in Spokane, Wash. He devised the kit after one of his dogs stuck his nose where the sun doesn't shine on a certain rodent and got a good spraying. Landers recommends dog owners keep a set of these ingredients and instructions stowed in their car so they don't have to drive a smelly dog home for treatment. But it would pay to keep one around the house as well. The ingredients are hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, liquid soap and a clothespin. Step 1: Mix 1 quart of hydrogen peroxide with one-fourth cup of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of liquid soap. Step 2: Apply the mixture to your dog's coat and walk him or her past the homes of your least favorite neighbors for five minutes or more. Step 3: Rinse. Step 4: Take the clothespin off your nose and breathe normally again. Send questions to “Since You Asked,” Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; by fax to 541-776-4376; or by email to [email protected] . To see a collection of columns, go to mailtribune.com/youasked . We’re sorry, but the volume of questions received prevents us from answering all of them.