Cone of shame

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My dog had a minor op today and is wearing a collar. When I brought her home I managed to get her to eat by holding the bowl inside the cone. Getting her to drink seems more difficuly though - she won't drink when I hold the bowl close to her mouth. Any advivce? Should I just take the cone off for a bit and keep an eye on her?

Plastic cone? We swapped for an inflatable one from pets at home. Take neck measurement with you!

We used the all in one suits instead of a cone. Bought one from the vets and a couple of cheap ones on Amazon

Where abouts did she have the surgery?

When mine was spayed she had a vest type thing from the vet.

She had surgery on her leg recently and we just took it off when she was eating/drinking. She was confined to a pen for 8 weeks and I spent an awful lot of time in there with her so I just took it off when I could keep a close eye and stop her licking.

My dog had surgery recently and while she couldn't reach the wound, she was able to reach the site where the canula had been located and licked it completely raw. I got a cone but it distressed her no end. I ended up putting a long sleeved jumper on her so she couldn't access the site. I had to sew an extra bit on to the sleeve to make sure the site wasn't accessible. It worked perfectly.

Most dogs hate the cone of shame and a lot of them find them distressing, particularly if they are uncomfortable after surgery.

The suits mentioned above look like a great idea. If they don't cover the site of the wound you could just sew an extension on.

Thanks so much for the replies. The op was to remove a mass on her eyelid so it really has to be a plastic cone. I did ask the vet about using an inflatable collar but they said that wouldn't work as she could still rub her eye on things. She's sleeping now but I might take it off for a bit tomorrow and just keep a really close eye on her. She does hate it.

Well she finally drank some water last night. She actually drank loads! She has a much deeper water bowl in my bedroom and could drink from that with the cone on so I've brought that downstairs. Problem solved, though she's still not a fan of the cone.

Hi, good to read she's drinking now. In my experience, dogs take water from a syringe really well. Their swallow reflexes kick in, mines has just had surgery and it's worked a treat. Just place it gently in corner of mouth. We've got an old Calpol 20ml one, I just use it a couple times every so often, as she is capable of going to the bowl but maybe doesn't want to move so much as she's in pain.

That's a good idea, I didn't think of using a syringe @NikkiMartin - I think I do have one somewhere.

What size dog is she? If she's a smaller breed you can measure from base of neck to base of tail and put them in a cheap sleeveless baby suit form the supermarket.

She is small @CrushingOnRubies but because the op was on her eyelid she could still rub her eye. I'll keep this in mind for another time though. Thanks.

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