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25 October 2007

This evening... They are redoing the road in front of my house and repaving it, but they are doing it at 9pm ... [More:] isn't that a little late? So anyways I went to go talk to the foreman and see when the hell they were going to be done and he said "we are leaving right now." So I go walk around the block with my dog and see a neighbor across the street (the one being paved) to say hi.

When I get home I find my dog is laying at my feet chewing on rocks. I pull the rock out of her mouth and then I realize what I had done. Her paws were covered with tar. So I cut off the tarred hair, and wash her paws... still tar all over them. So I covered her paws with mineral oil and try to massage the mess it out for like 30 minutes. It worked - kinda. Most of the tar is off her hair between her pads and the pads themselves. She still has some on her, I'm sure that anything she licks off will be negligible now. At least I hope it won't get sick of it.
If your street gets a lot of traffic during the day, it's not that uncommon for repaving to be done at night so the disruption is at a minimum.

All dogs named Lucy are beautiful.
posted by bmarkey 25 October | 00:22
So true, bmarkey. And I hope yours is ok, bigmusic. I wouldn't worry too much, but keep your eye out for anything unusual.
posted by kyleg 25 October | 00:36
I've also heard of using butter or mayo to try to remove tar. Good luck!
posted by taz 25 October | 02:39
Here's hoping she'll be ok. I'd imagine if it's really bad for her she won't want to eat it. But I'm learning that some dogs (yeah, mate, I'm looking at you) will eat anything. Especially if they know they're not meant to.
posted by GeckoDundee 25 October | 10:01
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