I'm glad you can laugh about it now.. The first time 1 of my dogs "got it" was when the wife was working with the post office. She started her day at 3 am, she would feed the dogs and then let them out to do their business around 3:30. Then she would open the door and they'd come running in and "my" dog would come upstairs to jump into bed with me.

Well as you can imagine, as soon as he hit the bed, I jumped up gagging and gasping for a breath of clean air. It was terrible! Eyes / throat burning.. I could see he was in as much pain as I. I got him into the shower and tried everything to no relief. 24 hours later folks could still smell skunk when I was around. The wife got some solution and it helped a lot.. but not completely! If it ever happens again like that, I'm going to a hotel! LOL..