For context, there are two stray dogs at our local city park that we can’t outright adopt, apartment rules say no pets, but we’ve been doing our best within our means to care for them at the park in the meantime.

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  • verity_kindle
    41·
    4 months ago

    Cut it out of the fur, it’s too difficult to get that much cooking oil out of the coat, even with a good dog shampoo. Source: my double coated dog likes to eat used frying oil.

    • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      4 months ago

      The older of the two wasn’t too terribly dirty, and he’s been shedding, so he’s basically let me just pluck most of the sappy fur off of him, and he loves water and brushies, so he might get a proper shampoo bath soon.

      The younger one is a bit more skiddish when it comes to trying to clean him up though. He’s friendly and all, but to try to even brush him, he’ll run away after like 10 seconds or so.

      • verity_kindle
        2·
        4 months ago

        That’s great! I’m glad, I make my dog endure baths by putting chunks of a high value treat, like cheese, in the tub. It sinks a bit, he approaches the tub to check it out, into the water he goes, he gets soggy cheese continuously while I scrub him. Win/win.

        • over_clox@lemmy.worldOP
          3·
          4 months ago

          I managed to wash both of them with hand sanitizer, a cheap hair brush, and some paper towels today.

          They seem like they’ve never had a better day in their life!

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      21·
      4 months ago

      “Cooking oil”? Did we both read different words from the same post…?

      • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        I suspect that they’re talking about using cooking oil to remove the sap, which is a thing.

        https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/1897adl/lpt_olive_or_vegetable_oil_will_easily_remove/

        Then you use detergent to remove the oil.

        https://andreadekker.com/how-to-remove-sticky-tree-sap/

        I have TONS of experience removing sticky tree sap from shoes, clothing, hands, hair, toys, strollers, and more, as we had roughly 35-40 massive drippy, sappy pine trees on our property when we first moved to our farmhouse.

        How to Remove Tree Sap from Hair:

        I really wish I didn’t know this tip — but I do, and thankfully, it’s also really simple 🙂

        Just pour a little vegetable oil into your hand and rub it into the sappy area. You could even use a comb to scrape it out. Once the stickiness is gone, you can then just shampoo as normal (you don’t need to shampoo immediately, you can wait until bath time.)

        The soap and shampoo being talked about on Reddit and this site respectively to remove the oil just being detergent.

        • verity_kindle
          2·
          4 months ago

          Precisely, I would use oil as a last resort, as it is difficult to wash out of dense fur or a double coat.