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De-skunking dog remedies that actually do work??

Our dog got skunked this weekend!!!

CRAZY…… Casey and I could smell skunk upstairs, and I went running downstairs knowing Holly the dog was in the backyard. I wanted to bring her in before she messed with the skunk. When I opened the door and grabbed her collar I knew…
Too late!

She smelled so bad, and had this sad pitiful look on her face. I yelled to Casey, “Holly got sprayed!” He came down and we took her to the garage not knowing what in the world we would do. I used dishsoap and reached out on FB to ask if anyone knew how to de-skunk a dog. Thankfully we were given some great advice and we began de-skunking Holly. We took her into the shower and started scrubbing this concoction of peroxide, soap, and baking soda and slowly the strong smell was leaving.

Of course, this morning I was thinking of the parallels for us as believers. Holly unknowingly got herself into something that left residual smell. She really didn’t mean to do it, but nevertheless, she did. Then she needed help to get it off, she couldn’t tackle it on her own. We had to enlist someone who had already been through this for advice.

I am at times unknowingly get myself into all kinds of mess, and once I do, I smell. Those close to me, mostly Casey, can smell it and know it is there. Thankfully he will try to help me get it off, but it takes some work, and I have to want the smell gone. With skunk smell, interestingly the longer you let it stay on your dog, the more difficult it is to get off. The smell literally soaks in further and can’t come off as easily as when it just happened. I even read (I love research) letting them lay in the sun shine will also help.

The Lord doesn’t want us to stay in our mess for very long, He knows the longer we stay in it, the deeper it soaks in. Sometimes, He needs to use those near us to help it off, especially if they know the recipe of how to clean it up. The very cool thing is even laying in the Son-shine will also help cleanse whatever needs cleansing.

I love how Galatians 5 tackles this freedom and begins by saying “13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free.”

We are supposed to be transformed into the likeness of Him, the very day we follow Him. Living free from those things that stink us up.
2 Corinthians 3:17 ” 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

Our Holly is smelling just fine for now. But we know, she very well may get skunked again!!