[CFrance]

Guess who discovered he can reach the surgery site on his belly after all?

[kittygilchrist]

Emma wants to know if you could maybe paint the cone with stuff that smells good, to a dog. She says dogs dislike cones not because of mobility, but because they can't poke their noses into the best stuff. I think that's a little much.

I apologize, CF, but it has been suggested that if you can't paint the cone with odorous wonders, that you can at least collect smells on a towel or something and bring them to Crosby while he recuperates. I'm just passing it on.
God bless you, Crosby.

[lovsthosebigdogs]

Oh, poor Crosby, he needed the cone head after all! I was hoping he'd leave the site alone. Not that this would necessarily work on him, but rule of thumb they tell me is that the cone needs to be 1 1/2 times as long as the head of the dog. No problem with most dogs- HUGE problem with my long nosed babies. We could never find a cone large enough that wasn't soooo huge that we picked up signals from outer space. My wonderful husband decided to turn the cone backwards so that the cone wide part is over the shoulders and didn't let them turn their neck and thereby not allowing them to turn their heads around enough to lick any part of themselves. It worked and seemed to be less upsetting to them. Not sure if it would work for Crosby, but just a thought if he keeps banging into things. Then at least he's not any wider than usual. Just a thought. Give him an ear skritch from the zoi friends and LTBD please and hope he feels better soon. That conehead does elicit such sympathy when you look at him.

[CFrance]

Thank you, kitty and LTBD. Not to mention I appreciated Emma's perspective! (I could run around the neighborhood with a cloth gathering up scent samples of... well, never mind.)

Here's the thing... We think the cone is overkill. Yesterday when the site was oozing, the vet said they would put a "chest wrap" on him. Instead, they put a dinky little Band-aid on, which he proceeded to lick off. So today, again, they said they would put a "chest wrap" on him. Then he came out of the office with the chest wrap AND the cone. The chest wrap covers the whole surgery site, and then some. He's unable to lick, so he's leaving it alone. In fact, the only time he bothered it was when the band-aid was on. So maybe it was the adhesive that was bothering him.

I took the cone off so he could eat dinner in peace. Now he's lounging on the lanai, coneless. I'm leaving it off this evening unless I see him bothering the site.

Maybe I'll put it back on him if we need to drum up some sympathy to get him into a restau... OH I DIDN'T SAYYYYYYYY THAT!!!!!

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Thank you, kitty and LTBD. Not to mention I appreciated Emma's perspective! (I could run around the neighborhood with a cloth gathering up scent samples of... well, never mind.)

Here's the thing... We think the cone is overkill. Yesterday when the site was oozing, the vet said they would put a "chest wrap" on him. Instead, they put a dinky little Band-aid on, which he proceeded to lick off. So today, again, they said they would put a "chest wrap" on him. Then he came out of the office with the chest wrap AND the cone. The chest wrap covers the whole surgery site, and then some. He's unable to lick, so he's leaving it alone. In fact, the only time he bothered it was when the band-aid was on. So maybe it was the adhesive that was bothering him.

I took the cone off so he could eat dinner in peace. Now he's lounging on the lanai, coneless. I'm leaving it off this evening unless I see him bothering the site.

Maybe I'll put it back on him if we need to drum up some sympathy to get him into a restau... OH I DIDN'T SAYYYYYYYY THAT!!!!!

I'm LOL (I can loan you a service vest..no I can't).
Emma, get down. OK, you might just go out at after dinner walk the dog time and pet a dog or two and let him sniff your paws..hands...whatever. She's nuts.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist

I'm LOL (I can loan you a service vest..no I can't).
Emma, get down. OK, you might just go out at after dinner walk the dog time and pet a dog or two and let him sniff your paws..hands...whatever. She's nuts.

She's nuts and you're the best!