Sticky Problem - how to get gum off a puppy? - The DIS Discussion Forums

Dancemom03 · 08-07-2009, 08:13 PM

DD8 had lunch with my mom yesterday and was presented with a roll of bubble tape. I don't like bubble gum and rarely allow it, especially unsupervised, but this got past me. Last night she went to sleep and put it on her headboard

*** ahem... okay, all together now... everybody say... EWWWWWW ****

anyway, her tiny papillion puppy sleeps at her head and we woke up this morning to find a sticky paw, ear and spot on her chest. I always freeze gum to remove it but obviously that isn't an option this time. The small furball, being a puppy of course, is a ball of teething energy who doesn't stay still for long - she definitely wouldn't like the freezer...

Anybody have any puppy-safe ideas to get the considerable amount of gum on her skin off after we've scissored the fur perhaps?

CathrynRose · 08-07-2009, 08:33 PM

Peanut Butter? It works on human hair.

Stacerita · 08-07-2009, 08:44 PM

I was going to say Peanut butter as well. Or you can try freezing it with an ice cube and breaking it off. That works on carpet.

Eeyore'sthebest · 08-07-2009, 08:56 PM

Can you trim it off? It's not like the other puppies will make fun of him at school if he has a silly hair cut for awhile.

TheBigBadWolf · 08-07-2009, 09:02 PM

Oh, don't cut her hair.

Peanut butter will "melt" or dissolve the gum. Easy! Good luck.

princess momma · 08-07-2009, 09:07 PM

I'm not a big fan of the bubble tape either but my husband is such a pushover.

Our teddy is a big fluffball right now and got some gum from who knows where stuck in his fluff a few nights ago.

We just cut it out. It was definitely a 2 man job.

Dancemom03 · 08-07-2009, 09:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eeyore'sthebest

Can you trim it off? It's not like the other puppies will make fun of him at school if he has a silly hair cut for awhile.

Too funny! I love it!

We've trimmed the easily removeable hair but she really enjoyed herself last night while we were sleeping so there's probably more on her skin than in her hair. The leg and paw is the worst of it, gum stuck in between her toes poor thing. Of course the fact that her coat hasn't grown in yet so she doesn't have much hair doesn't help. I was thinking maybe peanut butter or mayonaise, even hair conditioner perhaps, but since we rarely do gum at home, thankfully that's one laundry problem I don't have every day and just wasn't sure what might work best.

princess momma · 08-07-2009, 09:09 PM

However you handle it, be sure to take lots of pictures and post them.

JessicaR · 08-07-2009, 09:22 PM

Don't do this!

I remember using olive oil on my dog when he had gum stuck in his hair.

MariDisney · 08-07-2009, 09:28 PM

I just have one question. Does your chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

snykymom · 08-07-2009, 10:09 PM

I have no answer as I have 2 cats, but I have to say that the title of this thread made my day! Thank you! (And the cats thought it was pretty funny, too!

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ma2jr · 08-07-2009, 10:11 PM

Ice, frozen peas... something that will freeze it. It will come right off.

GRUMPY PIRATE · 08-08-2009, 12:52 AM

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kacaju · 08-08-2009, 06:38 AM

goo gone. I have used it on the dogs and it gets the stuff right off.

08-07-2009, 08:13 PM	#1
Dancemom03 Flexican wannabe Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: way too far from the magic Posts: 1,455	Sticky Problem - how to get gum off a puppy? DD8 had lunch with my mom yesterday and was presented with a roll of bubble tape. I don't like bubble gum and rarely allow it, especially unsupervised, but this got past me. Last night she went to sleep and put it on her headboard * ahem... okay, all together now... everybody say... EWWWWWW anyway, her tiny papillion puppy sleeps at her head and we woke up this morning to find a sticky paw, ear and spot on her chest. I always freeze gum to remove it but obviously that isn't an option this time. The small furball, being a puppy of course, is a ball of teething energy who doesn't stay still for long - she definitely wouldn't like the freezer... Anybody have any puppy-safe ideas to get the considerable amount of gum on her skin off after we've scissored the fur perhaps? __________________ "Don't be offended by my frank analysis - Think of it as Personality Dialysis..." Wicked >>> Uu - Another Official LMT Losers' Club Member <<< Proud Mom to three awsome kids & three adorable grandchildren! DS32 - DD20 - DD9 Last Trip: 7/9-7/22/09 - From BC to FW and all over the magical world of pixiedust!** 2007--YCc/BWI/CSR/NICK Hotel/Universal Royal Pacific ; Poly/Swan/ASMusic > 2006--BCC/WL/AsSports/CSR-(we girls stayed on an extra week alone just for the DoodleBops) > 2005--BCC/POR(never again) > 2004--YCC/ASMovies > 2003--BCC/WDW Wyndham DTD Starpower Nationals & Powerpak > 2002-Poly/BC/Hard Rock Hotel/WDW-Wyndham DTD Starpower Nationals & Powerpak > 2001--Contemporary/YCC/WDW Wyndham DTD Starpower Nationals & PowerPak > 2000-- Poly/Portofino/DCL Magic/BC/Wyndham DTD Starpower PowerPak> 1999 & Before--I know there were lots of exciting trips before my smallest princess. If anything we traveled much more back then, so why is it all so fuzzzzzzy...

08-07-2009, 08:33 PM	#2
CathrynRose R.I.P. Possibly Un-PC Tag, R.I.P. Back away from the cheesecake, lady!!! I had ponytails so tight, I couldnt move my head Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 17,722	Peanut Butter? It works on human hair. __________________

08-07-2009, 08:44 PM	#3
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08-07-2009, 08:56 PM	#4
Eeyore'sthebest DIS Veteran Not So Tagless in NJ They don't call them crackberries for nothing! talk about chafing! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jersey Girl! Posts: 4,757	Can you trim it off? It's not like the other puppies will make fun of him at school if he has a silly hair cut for awhile. __________________ Allison DH Me DD10

08-07-2009, 09:28 PM	#10
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08-07-2009, 09:02 PM	#5
TheBigBadWolf New Rule: The first person to reply on any thread needs to quote the OP. That way when someone does the delete of nevermind edit we know what was there. Straw hater! Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 688	Oh, don't cut her hair. Peanut butter will "melt" or dissolve the gum. Easy! Good luck.

08-07-2009, 09:07 PM	#6
princess momma Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mayberry Posts: 719	I'm not a big fan of the bubble tape either but my husband is such a pushover. Our teddy is a big fluffball right now and got some gum from who knows where stuck in his fluff a few nights ago. We just cut it out. It was definitely a 2 man job.

08-07-2009, 09:09 PM	#8
princess momma Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Mayberry Posts: 719	However you handle it, be sure to take lots of pictures and post them.

08-07-2009, 09:22 PM	#9
JessicaR DIS Veteran I wanna shoot aliens in the AM too! The Grinch is rude in a funny sorta way run to the hams! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 7,264	Don't do this! I remember using olive oil on my dog when he had gum stuck in his hair.

08-07-2009, 10:09 PM	#11
snykymom DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,646	I have no answer as I have 2 cats, but I have to say that the title of this thread made my day! Thank you! (And the cats thought it was pretty funny, too!) __________________

08-07-2009, 10:11 PM	#12
ma2jr DIS Veteran Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 729	Ice, frozen peas... something that will freeze it. It will come right off.

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08-08-2009, 06:38 AM	#14
kacaju DIS Veteran Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,249	goo gone. I have used it on the dogs and it gets the stuff right off. __________________ I've been Boo'ed by Todd&Copper and pixiewings71

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