What We Did Wednesday
Aug72009
We took Wolfie to the vet.
It used to be worse. I cut two inches off the edge of the cone so he could navigate. It comes off in ten days. He is not amused. The rest of are trying not to laugh in his face but . . . well, look at that face.
(Picture by Lani.)
As the week winds on, Wolfie is not enjoying his cone:
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25 Comments to 'What We Did Wednesday'
On August 7, 2009 at 9:32 pm Lou said...
Awwwww – what happened?
On August 7, 2009 at 9:44 pm Jenny said...
He had a growth on his neck. No big deal, benign, just the kind of thing dogs get as they get up there. He’s perfectly fine. Except for the cone.
On August 7, 2009 at 10:06 pm Gina Black said...
Poor Wolfie.
On August 7, 2009 at 10:12 pm Merry the CB said...
Pardon me for going off a tangent here. I know you said Wild Ride was not a romance — at least, not between the two leads. But is there a very different (and damn strange) kind of romance in the air instead? I swear this article was published in at an actual news site.
Woman in love with fair ground ride, plans to marry it:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5972632/Woman-getting-married-to-fairground-ride.html
On August 7, 2009 at 11:11 pm inkgrrl said...
Radar-Wolfie!!
On August 7, 2009 at 11:24 pm Melissa Blue said...
I must have never left elementary, because I laughed at the cone. I know he must be irritated, but the…cone. Snort. I’m just imagining all the way he is trying to get out of it.
On August 8, 2009 at 12:18 am Ericka said...
poor wolfie! i had to keep one on one of my cats for a while. that sucked – she kept turning herself inside out and escaping. i hope wolfie stays contained!
On August 8, 2009 at 12:35 am Louis said...
Our black Lab was tall enough to scoop stuff off the coffee tables. She couldn’t wait to get out of the cone.
On August 8, 2009 at 5:27 am AgTigress said...
Oh, bless him. Actually, he looks remarkably calm about it. Some cats become so distressed and hysterical about those collars that it is better to keep applying new dressings, even though they lick and bite at them.
Poor Wolfie. Please give him a comforting petting from me (and probably from everyone else here, too!)
On August 8, 2009 at 5:52 am Jean said...
I’m glad he’s fine, but he’ll be glad to get the cone off.
On August 8, 2009 at 8:43 am Becky said...
Poor baby. I’m sure he hates the cone, but he actually looks pretty cheerful in the picture.
My cat hates going to the vet with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns. He’s a black cat, but he must have some Siamese in him, because he has the most horrible yowl when you put him in his carrier. I’ve actually had people come running, thinking someone is torturing an animal. He’s just really unhappy and wants to be sure that everyone knows it.
On August 8, 2009 at 9:04 am robena grant said...
Oh no, not the cone!
Just tell him he’s handsome and it’s the latest style in men’s neckwear.
On August 8, 2009 at 9:42 am Lori J. said...
Those cones are called Elizabethan collars.
On August 8, 2009 at 9:54 am Jenny said...
It was worse when we first brought him home. They’d put a huge cone on him because his neck is so thick and it was unmanageable. Then we trimmed two inches off all around and it was doable. He doesn’t like it but he’s not unhappy. And it’ll be off soon. It’s supposed to be on for ten days, but I figure we’ll try it after a week. He’ll be so happy.
On August 8, 2009 at 10:22 am Eva said...
My dog had one of them for a while and he was totally embarassed and insulted. She couldn’t even meet our eyes. It was a flipping riot.
On August 8, 2009 at 10:24 am kate said...
Poor adorable Wolfie. This seems like an opportune time to share my new favorite website – http://fuckyeahanimalswithcasts.tumblr.com/
No need to thank me. Also, don’t even think of checking it out if you plan on getting anything done today, other than scrolling along saying “awwww” at regular intervals.
On August 8, 2009 at 10:25 am Kathleen said...
For my dogs, I think the worst part of the cone is that they really looked as if they felt self-consciously undignified. Like they knew it must look hilariously ridiculous and they were distressed to look so funny. Poor things.
On August 8, 2009 at 1:46 pm Bridget said...
Cone of Shame! (I loved Up)
Be careful about taking it off early. Some dogs will have forgotten the surgery and some will decide to reopen it even if it looked healed to you.
And then you’re standing in the vet’s office looking a little sheepish as she says “I thought I told you ten days” as she restitches it.
But some dogs really do forget it’s there, so just be careful.
On August 8, 2009 at 8:38 pm Jenny said...
It’s due to come off next Friday, so I thought maybe on Wednesday . . .
He really is coping pretty well. It’s just so sad to hear that little cone scraping on the floor.
On August 9, 2009 at 1:45 am Micki said...
Poor puppy. It’s really cold comfort for everyone involved to say, “It’s for his own good.” But . . . the alternatives are even worse. Hope it heals super-fast, and the days fly by.
On August 9, 2009 at 5:32 pm Stephanie said...
Our dog had one after ear surgery and he kept scraping it on the floor. DH rigged up a rope from the front edge to the dog’s harness so that the dog couldn’t leverage the cone off. By the end it was put together with duct tape and rope and looked pathetic as did our poor doggie. Look pathetic that is.
On August 10, 2009 at 10:16 am Bethany, Cherry Clawed said...
I’m glad other people post photos of their animals with cones. My boyfriend took a photo of my large grey cat with his cone and shaved spot after a foster initiated a battle. Toby (my cat) looked so silly with the cone. We’d try to give him treats but he’d knock them into the cone and we’d have to try and get them out for him. He did not like the bonnet look no matter how hard we tried to convince him it was masculine by adding a bow tie to the front…
On August 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm Sheri said...
Oh I have had the experience with a couple of dogs. My miniature Schnauzer had to weaqr one a couple of times after surgeries–it was so sad watching try to get through doorways without banging the cone into the door frames! Sad, but funny! Looked like he was either trying to receive signals from outer space or he was playing Hoover the Vacuum cleaner (depending on if he tried to run with his head up or down)!! My cats would NEVER tolerate one–I shudder to even imagine it!
On August 12, 2009 at 9:14 am Jenny said...
The cone is off and Wolfie is fine. Back to the vet’s on Friday to get the stitches out, but he’s already completely back to normal. And thank you all for posting good vibes for him!
On August 17, 2009 at 10:26 pm JC said...
In the 2nd pic he’s got the Agnes eyes, dont you think?