Comments on: Question

By: Anna Phor

Anna Phor — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:10:15 +0000

Eucalyptus oil. As recommended by an Australian vet some fifteen years ago when my childhood pup managed to get a funky white mohawk stripe during the painting of the back bedroom.

By: Melissa M.

Melissa M. — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:22:05 +0000

Think peanut butter would work? It gets gum out of hair.

Since it’s probably not oil based, I’d try the peanut butter or any oily substance to try to get the paint to loosen its hold on her fur. I don’t know if it will work. My experience is strictly from the one cat incident and from cleaning up after painting or after airbrushing acrylics on ceramic sculptures. The airbrushing especially always resulted in dried paint on my hands and sometimes on my arms. I’ve also gotten a very little bit of paint in my hair, and it came out with cooking oil.

By: zuzu

zuzu — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:51:25 +0000

Shaving sounds like the best idea unless her fur is really short.

Which it is. Think peanut butter would work? It gets gum out of hair.

For the curious: I painted my apartment last weekend, and she INSISTED on leaning against the freshly-painted walls and dragging her tail in it as well.

There’s not much, but it’s there, fortunately where she can’t reach with her mouth.

By: Chicklet

Chicklet — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:01:56 +0000

An idea if this is latex paint you’re dealing with:

If Junebug will sit still for a while, hold a bag of ice over the affected area. The paint will harden enough to be removed with a wire pet hair brush. What’s left over can be removed with a shampooing with mild dish soap.

What color is Junebug wearing?

By: Dianne

Dianne — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:01:01 +0000

So are you going to tell us the story behind this question or shall we just speculate?

By: Frumious B

Frumious B — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:34:19 +0000

Don’t shave her down to the skin, she’ll get sunburn if she goes outside. If she tolerates clippers (some animals flip at the noise), use a half inch or so guard. If not, cut out the paint with a sharp hand scissors. Buy a new pair with short blades at a sewing shop. Sewing scissors are very sharp. If she won’t sit still, just clip as much as you can as close as you can in short sessions. If you clip most of a clump, the fur will loosen a little and grow a little over time and be less painful and easier to completely remove. If you don’t want her chewing and swallowing paint clumps, pull out the lampshade collar.

I’m the owner of a long hair cat. I’ve had to cut out clumps, but I’ve never gotten paint on her.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:31:50 +0000

With difficulty? With scissors? With time?

By: Ledasmom

Ledasmom — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:18:36 +0000

What, no pictures?

By: Sailorman

Sailorman — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:40:55 +0000

Latex is water- and soap-soluble WHILE IT IS STILL WET.

If you’ve got only a little bit, go for a wash. Fast. Use as fine a comb as your dog will stand to comb out the paint.

However, latex (to some degree) and all non-latex paints such as oil-based paint, varnish, stain (to a much larger degree) are often fairly toxic. If it’s more than “a few paint spots” I’d shave the affected areas.

You can buy a clipper for twenty bucks or less. At the low end, there’s no real difference between “pet” and “human” trimmers AFAIK so go for cheapness over packaging. It won’t last long, but it’ll probably get through a shave or two. If you need to trim your dog a lot you can buy a “real” trimmer (I have an Oster a5) but that’s not worth it for most folks.

By: Laurel

Laurel — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:38:30 +0000

If you’re going to shave the dog very close, you might want to limit its outdoor time for awhile. They sunburn. It’s also a lot easier to accidently cut a dog with scissors than most people realize (ex-vet. assistant talking).