Fainly wearing cone collar post surgery;eating his own hair; cut hair around ears?

Thank you so much, everyone. I've looked at every inflatable I can find on the web, and I don't think any of them would stop him 100% for sure. He is such a licker that he can almost reach his leg with the cone on, and of course he starts right away if we take it off. Reading posts about inflatables, it seems like there is just no way to watch him closely enough that he won't reach his leg. I think he would just bend an inflatable or manage to reach over it. I looked at the Lick Sleeve as an alternative, but our orthopedist vet says no.

This morning he seems better; calmer, and eating a half cup of kibble breakfast in the form of ice cubes made of water and kibble at 4:30 a.m. He loves the ice cubes. He's been lying on my feet and seems content enough at the moment. Thank you for all your help with inflatable information. Like Gavin in the post from last night, he is DEDICATED to reaching that leg. And he is much faster than I can be in my current situation. He's dispensing kisses this morning and I hope he'll take a nap before long.
 
I know your original question was about cutting his hair. Yes it will grow back, it just takes time.
I lost Teddy's groomer last year and the first new 1 I tried pretty much ruined his beautiful coat. But I have pictures of before, the bad haircut and after in the media section. It should give you an Idea how long it takes. But a bad haircut never changed the loving boy that is inside.
Best wishes and I will say a prayer that all goes well for your family.
 
the one thing I would add is that the comfy cone that I used is relatively heavy. definitely sleep friendly, but they are also not transparent in any way. I found the best way to have cone free time, was Gavin had to cuddle with me on the couch so I could make sure he wasn't messing with the leg. I had him literally lay on me as we watched TV.
 
Susan, when our Sketchie lost a rear leg to cancer he had to have a cone on for over 3 weeks...he hated it at first but within a few days he just accepted it as part of life and when we finally could safely take it off of him he actually seemed to miss it at first. Fainly may need that cone for a while, but I think you will see him calmer each day that passes...and if cutting his fur is needed that really is not a big issue. Far better to cut that fur short than have him ingest too much of it and mess up his already frail digestive system.
Sending lots of good wishes...someday this time will be a far off memory and your Fainly will be loving his "new" life with legs that work well and don't cause pain.
Trini
 
I’m happy to hear he’s doing a wee bit better today! Hopefully he’ll improve every day and leave the leg alone!
I agree, if you still feel it necessary to trim his fur a bit it will grow back. I’d suggest however you use thinning shears to trim if if you can, it’ll make it less choppy looking.
Bless you for all your doing for him, give him some gentle pats from me.:hugs:hugs:hugs
 
Trini (sketchie) and I (Gavin) had some pretty long threads on Sheltie leg surgeries and recuperation. OK, I'm pretty sure mine set some sort of record. Anyway, they are probably under the health section. Granted, our pups weren't, well...pups. But if it helps you....and feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Gavin was crated (well, playpenned) and coned (comfy cone) for months due to multiple surgeries and radiation for cancer.
 
I just went through having one of my dogs neutered and used a combination of an adjustable cone from Petsmart that had the edges finished off so there were no hard edges and had fasteners that were easy to use. I put this cone up high and then put a "padded" donut collar (was like a stuffed animal toy) that fastened with velcro on behind it. This worked extremely well and was very comfortable for my pup. He is very flexible and with both collars on, could not reach his incision.
 
Just catching up on the Fainly news. Sorry I've been offline a lot with personal stuff.

I know quite a few people who had the Triple Osteotomy in a young dog, fingers crossed all goes well and he will live an active long life. You did really well in picking this up early to get the early treatment, I wish I'd done that with Mr D but he wasn't picked up until he was over 2 and by then it was too late for this kind of preventative surgery.

Probably a bit late now, but if you're still looking for collars, Tully had this Trimline recovery collar for her hip replacement. It was handy because whenever she tried to lean over to chew her hip the collar covered it and she easily slept in it. You are meant to have it pointing up, but she was more comfortable with wearing it as a cape. I used it more recently when she had a plate put into her other back leg (the bionic dog)
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