My dog cut her paw pad a couple days ago, and she kept trying to take off the bandage around her paw, so we talked to the vet and he gave us a cone for her.

Well, never in my life have I seen a dog act like this with a cone.

First, it's hard to get it on her, understandable.

But when it is on her, she sits there and pants like crazy.
She wont lay down, she'll sit there for hours.
I checked on her during the night yesterday night, and she was sitting, with her cone to the wall, panting... She must have been there all night long.
She will not calm down, so I took it off her, and she finally started to calm down, but it took around 45 minutes for the panting to stop, and it's not normal panting like she's hot either.

I'm not sure what to do, we have a vet appointment on Friday, and I'm going to bring it up.

But man, this ripped paw pad thing is driving me crazy.

Cones can cause so much stress to some dogs. Any relief you can give her... cone off time... while you are there to watch her, can help.

You could also try making the cone a more positive, or at least less horrible thing. Maybe try hand feeding her her dinner one bit at a time just after you put the cone on. Then take it off for some relief, then back on with more treats etc. I am reminded of watching Ed condition dogs to the e-collar with lots of treats for the on off thing.

But seriously, if you can put a sturdy bandage on her foot and keep an eye on her while you are home anyway...

If the bandage gets at all wet, it will feel itchy underneath, so keeping it super dry and changing it regularly may decrease her desire to remove it.

I once made a booty for my dog who had a cut paw. I made it out of the leather from a glove and a nylon stuff sack and several pieces of velcro. We did a 6 day backpack with her with that booty. She figured out really quick that wearing the booty allowed her to walk comfortably, (she was 3 legged lame without it) and she accepted it happily. I would take it off at night. The cut was really deep and should have been stitched, but we were not in a place we could get to a vet. Happily it healed well, and we finished the hike too!

http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab170/SueinNH/LizzysBoot.jpg
http://i860.photobucket.com/albums/ab170/SueinNH/LizzyHikeBoot.jpg
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FYI on the inflatable collar I tried it on one of my dogs in his crate at night and when I woke up in the morning it was deflated on the bottom of his crate. A friend of mine has used it with success though.

I'm sure the paw is causing some discomfort. Look at the Wound Relief at equineelite.com It should relieve the discomfort.

Thanks, I think i'm just going to give up with the cone.

It's really starting to heal over, and she has another bandage that she's not trying to take off.

Also, it's not just the cone.
She doesn't like anything on her, like blankets, if you lay on her like as a pillow, or even if you have just your arm on here.
So I'm not sure if the alternatives would work on her, plus the inflatable one would surely burst with her, she was digging at the cone like crazy.

I'm just going to keep my eye on her, but it was weird.