Tomato juice doesn't work. The dogs smell like tomato juice when they have it on them, and they smell of that acrid smell of burned rubber skunk when you wash it off again. Ask me how I know.

There is a product by Nature's Miracle called Skunk Odor Remover. And it is best to have some handy because dogs always get skunked at night. Put it on before you even get the coat wet and let it start soaking in and working. There is also a mix of dish soap, baking soda, and hydrogen peroxide that helps knock some of the smell off if you don't have the enzyme odor remover. It takes a lot of baths, and you need to let it stay on them for a few minutes if you can before you wash it off.

A couple of years ago in the fall I looked out the door at midnight as I was locking up and I saw my dejected looking pit bull curled up on the lawn and there was a black lump further down. And investigation revealed that my partners in crime both got skunked in the face. It took a couple of weeks before I finally got to where it was just a mild hint of skunk on the dogs. The fact that the pit bull stuck it out and killed the skunk meant she really got the worst of it, and I think it affected her sense of smell for several months. Her nose wasn't as good as the other dog, when she used to really be the one who rooted around sniffing things.

I can't believe you have a skunked dog in your apartment, but I suppose there weren't a lot of other choices. A friend at work had a dog get skunked and before she realized what had happened it raced through her house and under her bed, smearing the smell all over the underside of the box spring and one the carpet.

Good luck in getting it under control!

SRS