Tree Sap on a Dog

Archives: Request: Tree Sap on a Dog Archived on 04/30/2008 My dog stepped in pine tree sap. It's stuck in the fur between his toes. The area is too small to cut with a scissors. How can I remove the sap safely? Kasbal from PA Answers: RE: Tree Sap on a Dog While waiting for feedback on this site, I did some additional searching. Peanut butter also takes sap off of dog fur. Then, I had to wash his paw with Dawn dish soap and water to remove the peanut butter. The best part was that he was able to lick the remaining peanut butter as a treat for lying still! Thanks for the help!! (04/12/2007) By kasbal RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Try peanut butter. Massage it into the fur and sap and it should start to dissolve. You may have to use your fingernails to scrape it off the hairs. Your dog will love licking up the leftovers too. This also works well with getting EEG glue out of hair. (04/13/2007) RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Gee wish I had known about this years ago, I use to work in pine forests in S.C. and got sap in my hair all the time, I used rubbing alcohol or turpentine to get it out. butter or dissolve it would have been much better and I would assume butter would be a good conditioner also. T (04/15/2007) By Tumpy RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Butter!!! I had no idea and I didn't believe it until I tried it, but butter was a miracle worker with the tree sap. Removed every last bit and I didn't have to cut any hair out, thanks for the tip everyone. (06/02/2007) By JohnK RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Thank you for the butter idea. My dog laid down under a Pine tree and got sap stuck to his nose, head and back. The butter worked wonders and he loved licking the spots of his back side. The one spot I wasn't shore it would come off of, was on his nose near his eye. The sap came off with out getting in his eye. Thank You. 06/12/07 (06/12/2007) By pved RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Just tried butter on my puppy and it works great!! Nice and fast. (07/15/2007) By Sandy RE: Tree Sap on a Dog The butter works great, even on the spots in between my dog's paws where I was sure it wouldn't come out without trimming the hair. She would also lick the spoon while I wiped her clean which helped keep her still. (08/06/2007) By Meagan RE: Tree Sap on a Dog This morning my little Maltese went out and when he came back in he had pine tree sap on his paw and ear. I looked on the net and found this site and thank goodness for the use of butter it worked GREAT! He is now enjoying licking his paw. Thanks (08/21/2007) By barbara J RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Thanks you so much for the idea of butter on a dogs paws I let my dog outside to go to the bathroom and when I let her in she has pine sap and pine needles all over her paws I looked impossible to get out but once I looked up how to get pine sap out of a dog's paws? It came up with this. It worked wonders thanks. xD (08/22/2007) By RE: Tree Sap on a Dog We have a little Lhasa Apso pup that has fallen in love with our Christmas tree. Thanks for the butter idea to remove sap. Finally, a non-toxic, easy to do idea to save our puppy's hair from the clippers! :) This is absolutely genius! I can guarantee that our pup thanks you too! (12/01/2007) By B & C RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Thank you so much. My toy poodle got into some sap running around in the backyard this spring. The butter worked like a charm and she got to lick off what I was unable to clean off with a tissue. A great site!! (04/17/2008) By Emily Palmer RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Butter, on in my case Land O'Lakes Fresh Buttery Taste Spread, did the trick. Our Boston Terrier got sap on her belly while out sunning herself on the deck. Three days later the sap had hardened and was looking dirty. I sure was happy to find this suggestion... thanks! (04/25/2008) By Jody RE: Tree Sap on a Dog My five year old daughter loves to climb trees. I have had to cut her hair several times because of all of the sap...until I read about the butter. I know it was meant for dogs but I'll try anything! I couldn't believe it! Worked on the first try! (04/25/2008) By Muppet381 RE: Tree Sap on a Dog Awesome! The butter worked perfect. Thank you who ever found this great solution. My pug WINSTON thanks you also (04/25/2008) By Donalyn Rusch RE: Tree Sap on a Dog My dog Toni had something sticky on her forehead for a few days...the fur was stuck together forming a little point and it was so tightly stuck I started to think it was a growth. I tried Vaseline, Aloe Vera and alcohol but nothing worked. My husband said maybe it was sap so I found this site and am sooo happy to report that the butter worked fabulously!!! She also enjoyed having a little to lick while I was "buttering her up" :) Toni says thank you too... (04/27/2008) By Helen Report Spam or Abuse Request: Tree Sap On Dog Archived on 04/12/2007 I just had the lower branches of my 2 pine trees removed and while they look great, the sap from the trees is causing havoc. First, what can I put on the cut sections of the tree to stop the sap (the landscaper hasn't responded). Second, my little shih-poo, Yogi now loves to sit under the trees but has sap on his back, the pads of his feet and his tail. He just had a haircut, so I can't cut the sap off of his fur. I would appreciate any suggestions. AndieL Answers: RE: Tree Sap On Dog This exact thing happend to me when my husband pruned our pines. Our beagle was covered head to toe in sap. He was hard. I used a product called DeSolvIt. It is an orange cleaner non-toxic. It works wonderfully on all kinds of things. I just sprayed it on him and worked it through with my hands til all the sap was gone. I am not affiliated with the desolvit company, I just love the stuff. For the limbs, there is stuff you can buy at the garden center to put on the cuts. There is some you can paint on, but now there is spray on kind. MUCH easier. (05/04/2005) By Eve RE: Tree Sap On Dog Simply put a little bit of butter on the places that have sap and it comes right off. I use this on my 5 year old daughter's feet in the bathtub each summer after running around all day barefoot. (05/05/2005) By Suzie RE: Tree Sap On Dog I used butter on my dog after seeing suzie's reply. It works wonders. My dog now smells like a butter cookie, but after another bath we should be back to normal. (05/24/2005) By Kel RE: Tree Sap On Dog This really does work! Our basenji girl got some juniper sap on her muzzle, and this took it off. Plus, she had a blast "cleaning up" after we were done. It's nice to find a solution that tastes good for a change! (06/20/2005) By Thog RE: Tree Sap On Dog Butter works like magic. Our Beagle is better because of butter. My beautiful wife Betty buttered our Beagle in the bathtub. We found it beneficial and our beagle Bernard is better, but smells like a Bagle. No joke this really works. Amazing. Thanks Suzie for the info. (06/24/2005) By Gary RE: Tree Sap On Dog Thank you for the butter idea. My dog stepped in tree sap, I was wondering how I'm gonna get this out. I hopped on the net, find the butter idea, and now he is happy as always. It really worked, and he loved to lick the butter off of his paws. (09/07/2005) By Szilvia RE: Tree Sap On Dog Thank you! My dog has been drinking from the Christmas tree and has more than once ended up with pine sap stuck to her face and legs. This was sooo easy and, like the other dogs mentioned, she loved licking it off of the spots she could reach. This was cheap, easy and, best of all, non toxic. (12/21/2006) By Rhonda Report Spam or Abuse