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03-22-2011, 11:13 PM | #1 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: BC, Canada
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| Uh Oh! Not Silly Putty! My sweet little Mabel attacked the Silly Putty - tomorrow I think I'll have to shave her down - it's in her 'beard', both legs and probably areas I haven't checked yet - YIKES! Hopefully she'll still have some hair left! Wish us luck! |
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03-22-2011, 11:26 PM | #2 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Maryland, USA
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| oh no...a furless furbaby Perish the thought! |
03-22-2011, 11:29 PM | #3 |
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| Are you sure you can't use something to get the silly putty out without shaving her? One of my dogs got sticky stuff on her from a mouse sticky trap, and the surprising thing that got it out was vegetable oil. Then of course a thorough shampoo. Might be worth a try for you.
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03-22-2011, 11:47 PM | #4 |
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| I'll try a few things before I cut or shave it out but it's just like a really hard crusty matt - I'm thinking it might be easier on her to give her a hair cut and let the hair grow back - I love her face and the hair just frames it so nicely - sigh! I'll try the vegetable oil; I also heard ice cubes might do something. Now if I can just get Mabel to sit still.... Thanks - I'll take any advice! |
03-22-2011, 11:56 PM | #5 |
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| I did a Google search on how to remove silly putty from hair and found this: Hair Help: How To Remove Silly Putty From Hair good luck!
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03-23-2011, 12:03 AM | #6 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: BC, Canada
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| Just have to love google - thanks for the info - I'll let you know how it goes! |
03-23-2011, 12:23 AM | #7 |
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| Yep, love Google. Don't know how we ever lived without it. Hope you'll be able to get the s.p. out; sound possible anyway.
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03-23-2011, 02:37 AM | #8 |
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| Try ice cubes over it first...becomes brittle in the cold and comes out easier...just like gum in children's hair
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03-23-2011, 03:44 AM | #9 |
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| As a last resort what about Vaseline? That's what I use to remove eye crusties.
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03-23-2011, 02:35 PM | #10 |
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| I wish you had a picture of that!!!!
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
03-23-2011, 11:31 PM | #11 |
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| Just a quick update on Mabel - I am having luck with the cooking oil. I haven't finished the job but I have most of the silly putty out of Mabel's hair on her face - tomorrow I will be getting to her feet - she's really good at staying still but I know she is uncomfortable. I figure if I do a bit at a time she'll still love me - I hope! |
03-23-2011, 11:47 PM | #12 |
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| Sounds awful. I hope it is not too bad the rest of the way.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
03-24-2011, 02:16 PM | #13 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: BC, Canada
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| Silly Putty Free - at last! Well I think Mabel is finally Silly Putty free! The face went so well with cooking oil I thought I'd do the feet the same way - NOT! I filled up the baby bathtub with 1/4" of cooking oil so there would be no tracking of oil around the house - I just ended up with an unhappy pup and very oily feet. Then I decided to cut the fur instead; wish I had done it before adding oil but.... Mabel started licking the oil which made her sick a couple of times so I suggest if anyone has this happen to their pup - just cut the fur, it'll grow back soon enough. I'm really happy I didn't have to cut her facial hair and she still looks like our Mabel! Did I mention what I told my daughter? NO MORE SILLY PUTTY IN THE HOUSE! |
03-24-2011, 02:22 PM | #14 |
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| Ha! Sounds like you and little Mabel have been through the mill as they say! I'll bet you are glad it is finally over.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
03-25-2011, 08:45 AM | #15 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: BC, Canada
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| Word of warning!! So now that we have the Silly Putty out of Mabel's hair, we are having the fun of her throwing up. I read how great cooking oil was, and it worked great on her face, but I want to warn anyone else that cooking oil put on a pup where it can be licked will cause vomiting and soft poops. Poor Mabel is still drinking, eating and playing but once in a while I find this awful mess. If she isn't better by Monday, I'll take her to the vets. I also read that some people de-worm their dogs by giving them cooking oil - have you ever heard of this?? |
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