I have had to put two cones on determined pups. Tommy recently drove me crazy...he ended up removing ALL of his sutures!! He did it at night while I was asleep. Thankfully, he was far enough along that it did not cause any issues..but I had to put cones on him because he could have gotten it infected if he kept it up.
The soft collars are easy for them to get around...I have found that the hard ones often do not extend out enough. That is especially true with the pups with small necks. One of the vet techs taught me a trick some time back...put the soft collar on and then the hard one. The soft one then extends out a bit and the hard one keeps it in place enough that they cannot get around it. Sounds awful, but really they do get used to it...and it is only for about 10 days. |