Can you hear me?

Sometimes I wonder why I bother. On a forum someone's posted in a panic that her dog's brushed against some wet masonry paint, what should she do? I ascertained that it was water-based and told her to wash it off before it dries. Too late, it's already dry. Basically the only option is to wait until that hair moults out in a few weeks. Cue weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Then comes the next post - her other dog has just come in, and she too has paint on her, and it's still wet. "Ho hum" she says "It looks like I'll be bathing both of them tomorrow". I've just pointed out that if she baths them tonight, before the paint dries hard, it'll come off much more easily.

Can you hear me, Mother?