Are you sure the E-collar was on tight enough? When Bella needed one for her MPL surgery, she hated it, but she couldn't wiggle out of it (although it was loose enough that we could pull it off and put it on over her head). Maybe Bella isn't the escape artist that your dog is.
We also used the inflatable collar. The key to that was to put it on with the inflation tube to the back so she couldn't reach around and chew on it. But she never tried to attack and chew the collar itself. In some respects, she liked the inflatable collar because she could use it as a pillow. The only problem was that she could reach around it and lick her incision (she never tried to pull out stitches). We used the inflatable collar when she was under our direct supervision during the day, and the hard plastic E-collar when she wasn't (mainly at night while we were sleeping). |