My little staff just had her third surgery for foreign body blockage. I have had to child proof my doors as we have discovered she can open them in either direction...the bathroom being a great place to jump up on the counter and get "cool" stuff to chew. She is crated when we are gone so she very quietly disappears for a few moments while we are home and wham....it only takes a moment I have discovered. Any way she now has to stay by my side at all times...a big long heel excersize and down stay. Surgery was Sat, brought her home on tuesday..she layed around tues and wed with her elizabethan collar (aka lamp shade). Yesterday I went into the office...I left her crated with the lamp shade on, when I came home to check on her she had it off and was chewing on it. I overnighted a bite not...anyone ever use these...any pointers or expectations, I don't know any thing about them.
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We send Bite-Not collars home and they seem to work very well. A bit more expensive than the E collar but dogs and owners are a lot happier. As with any collar correct size is key and of course there is always one dog who is able to bust out of any collar made. Hopefully your dog won't be one of those <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I had one of the dogs who figured out how to bypass a properly fitted bite not. Believe or not, there is a way they can get to the back end by putting head under front leg. I called bite not and they said they have indeed had that happen with a few dogs with properly sized (and we even verified size) collars.
At a class for SAR dog First Aid one of the instructors (A vet from the vet school in NC) said you can roll up a big towel and make a pretty good collar by holding it together with Duct Tape wrapped around it. May be worth a try. Same concept. Stiff collar dog cannot twist neck around. The bite not has an under the legs feature that help keeps it on though but you could also do that with creative duct taping.
One thing that may help since it is abdominal is to put in a tight fitting t-shirt this can calm down some dogs and help with the chewing.
We had an awful time when Toby had rectal pull through surgery as the stiches were in very delicate tissue and easy to tear. In that case vet said no to the basket muzzle as the hard plastic could damage the area. I am sure that it would work well in other situations - especially if you add the shirt and the dog is used to wearing a muzzle.
It is rough with a dog who will bother the stiches - wire outside ones can help keep them from chewing - I got permission to use a combo of PTO and working from home during that time period.
Valerie, Good luck! My female gsd had bilateral TPLO surgery and the No-Bite collar was much better than the traditional e-collar. However....It wasn't perfect, she could actually contort herself somehow and get at the stitches, but only briefly. I bought mine with the size recommendation from the web site but I wish it was about 2" wider. Definately an improvement over the old lampshade, especially when walking around the house.
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