I have friends who have a skunk that nests under their porch-deck every year (may be second or third generation by now). When the kits are able to move easily, they leave. As someone above said, their cats accept them. Never a defensive gas attack.

To remove the odor from a dog, use a good liquid soap and water. The tomato juice fakelore just replaces the skunk perfume with rotten tomato odor.