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Well, since Millie suggested it, I thought I'd start it. Here is the thread to share pictures of your dog wearing it's wonderful e-collar (feel free to move the thread to an appropriate topic if this isn't the right one).
Jack, the day after surgery about 5 minutes after we got him home. The bed was new, but somehow he knew it was his and plopped down right away 🙂
Well, I'm going to have to enjoy everyone's pictures. Trouble never wore a cone, never had staples, never had stitches removed, never had a bandage, never had a drain. I did put a toddler t-shirt on her to keep the wound clean since she insisted on going outside to lay in the grass.
Shanna & Spirit Trouble ~ Trouble gained her wings 3/16/2011, a 27 1/2 month cancer survivor, tail wagging. RIP sweetheart, you are my heart and soul. Run free at Rainbow Bridge.
The November Five - Spirits Max, Cherry, Tika, Trouble & Nova. 11/2008 - 3/2013 An era ends as Queen Nova crossed the Bridge.
Okay, my pic was loaded earlier but then it blanked out.
I just reloaded it, I hope everyone can see it.
I call it Tika's: "I can be a flower if I want too!" pic. (Thank you Walt Disney for that)
Kim and Spirit Tika http://www.tika.....ogspot.com
Ooooh, thanks for starting this. Too cute!
Kim, I'm so sorry. The pic isn't there. What happened exactly when you tried to load it? If you don't want to try again send it to us and we'll post it for you.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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They look so much more comfortable in a t-shirt 🙂
Shanna & Spirit Trouble ~ Trouble gained her wings 3/16/2011, a 27 1/2 month cancer survivor, tail wagging. RIP sweetheart, you are my heart and soul. Run free at Rainbow Bridge.
The November Five - Spirits Max, Cherry, Tika, Trouble & Nova. 11/2008 - 3/2013 An era ends as Queen Nova crossed the Bridge.
Welcome to the Tripawds community! Thanks for joining the discussion.
Milly looks so cute. She'll be much happier soon, I'm sure. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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You've been everywhere Brett! Lucky dawg.
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Great idea! A thread devoted to e-collars (also known as the "Cone of Shame" if you saw the great movie Up!). Here's one of our Tripawd Max about ten years ago when he was a four-legged puppy.
Lest anyone think my wife and I were too poor and/or cheap to get him a decent e-collar, I assure you that wasn't the case. It was a perfectly nice cone when the vet put it on him after his neutering, but Max the puppy was fond of tearing around the house and bashing into walls and doorways at full speed, using the e-collar as a shock absorber. It quickly sprouted all kinds of razor-like jagged edges, which resulted in lots of tiny little cuts up and down Diane's and my legs when Max would bump his way around our ankles. We attempted to blunt the sharp edges by lining the collar with duct tape. As you can see, results were mixed.
One cool thing about this photo is that it got published a few years later. The publishing company that prints Diane's page-a-day dog calendar put out a call for dog photos to be used in a book titled Bad Dog, which featured photos of dogs causing trouble of one kind or another. They put Max's photo on page 126, although they annoyed the hell out of us by changing his name to "Harvey" (because according to them, this was somehow funnier than using his actual name).
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