Going Coneless

We are Day 4 post-surgery and things are going well (knock on wood desk). As the post title suggests, Daisy is "going coneless". The first cone didn't fit and why would any dog willingly wear a cone? We certainly follow dr's orders on everything else, but since Daisy is under 24-hour supervision right now, there have been no signs of trying to itch the incision area, so why make a super shy and fearful dog even more uncomfortable and fearful?

Daisy stays safe under the table (note her shaved belly)

Since gambling is not really our thing, yesterday I ordered a Novagard. It is made by an Australian company, Provizor International. They make protective gear for equines and canines. Our holistic vet at SFVS, Dr. David Fong, DVM, LAc, Dipl OM, mentioned one of his clients had ordered an Optivizor after his dog's eye surgery, and when Alba had to have a low-grade melanoma growth removed from her eye a couple years ago, we used the Optivizor instead of a cone. It gave her more range of motion, but more importantly protected the stitches around her eye for over two weeks. It was not fun, but she could see and move better, and of course eat better too. And you can trim them to fit your dog. They are pretty genius products.

The Novagard is an alternative to the Elizabethan collar, and I ordered both the Novagard and Optivizor from Big Dee's Tack & Vet Supplies. I don't know why more vets carry these products - it is such a better and more customized alternative to the e-collar or cone.

So now we have cone insurance for Daisy (well it won't really arrive in time - but that's what insurance is like, right?) so we're hoping to sail through the next 6 days carefree and bully-stick happy.

Coneless is not a dirty word