Things You'll Need
- Stainless steel, wide-toothed comb
- Pet clippers or nail scissors
Instructions
Sit your dog in front of you, or have an assistant hold it so that you can reach its feet.
Pick up your dog's foot and run your fingers around the pads and between the webbing of the toes to locate the stickers.
Grab one of the burs between the fingers of one hand, and with the other hand gently pull the hair away from the bur a strand at a time, recommends Margaret Bonham in "Dog Grooming for Dummies." This ensures that you don't pull your dog's skin and cause pain.
Remove the stickers one at a time, going from foot to foot, until they are all eliminated.
Use a stainless steel comb with wide teeth to pull stickers out of the fur on the top of the foot. If the burs are matted close to the skin, you may need to shave the area using pet clippers or cut them out with a pair of nail scissors.
Crush particularly large burs with a pair of pliers, keeping your fingers between your dog's skin and the pliers as a barrier; then pull the hair away from the sticker strand by strand.