By AnnoyedAggie16 - 05/12/2016 09:14 - United States - Cypress

Today, after being neutered, my dog has managed to destroy three different "cones of shame", a special (and expensive) inflatable "donut" collar, and two t-shirts used as last resorts. I've essentially spent over $100 to unsuccessfully try keep my dog from licking his crotch. FML
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AnnoyedAggie16 0

This is the OP. I didn't have an account when I posted this so I'm not sure how to make my comment show I'm the OP, but oh well. Basically we adopted a dog after thanksgiving and the shelter insisted they neuter him themselves before he could go home with us. Being one of the highest intake shelters in the state, I'm sure his surgery was a little rushed, and the results were not ideal. Speaking as a former vet tech, his incision placement was very odd and has caused a lot of problems for him. We've actually had to see the vet four times in the past week over it. Unfortunately this makes it even more important for us to prevent him from licking, which obviously has proven problematic to say the least. We've finally managed to keep an e-collar on him for more than a day... but it's probably only a matter of time. We love our new troublemaker tons regardless though.

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Janetemokid 13

"Where are my testicles Summer? They were removed. Where have the gone?" "Ohhh wow thats an intense line of questioning Snuffles..."

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Tripartita 44

I could unsuccessfully keep your dog from licking his crotch for half that price! Maybe even a quarter!

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Talented73 54

Q: Why does a dog lick his balls? A: Because he can.

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Dat_Class_Tho 26

If his neck isn't too thick/wrinkled (like a Bassett hound's) try a traditional flat plastic cone of shame. Sometimes the best solution is the simplest/cheapest.

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Dat_Class_Tho 26

The wording makes it seem as though the inflatable collar and 2 shirts are the 3 cones of shame. But if OP really tried a total of 6, that's even worse. Poor neurotic pupper. (and obviously a FYL for OP)

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AnnoyedAggie16 0

OP here. Unfortunately I did in fact mean six. He managed to destroy 2 hard plastic e-collars and 1 soft e-collar in addition to the donut and t-shirts.

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ligerzero459 24

That really sucks man. If you can't find one that your dog won't destroy, you could try some of the lemon bitter spray you can find at the pet store. I did that for my pupper and it worked pretty well

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Earl_KarmasBitch 34

Spraying bitter lemon on the place where his nuts used to be would kinda be adding insult to injury though. Yeah, I know you meant on the cone, not the dog.

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saffy66 34

I spent a whole night in the same circumstances, sleeping in our dirt floor shed with the dog on a lead. Every time he woke and tried to lick his stitches, I had to be alert to pull his head back. When daylight came, I went to wake my husband to take over. He met me at the door to tell me he'd been up all night with gastro and I'd have to watch the dog all day - and that night. Fortunately after that second day, the dog was less inclined to chew his stitches - though he did remove a few later that week.

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crazyoliversmum 6

Try bitter spray around the wound (but not on it). It's similar to bitter nail polish. Or, not sure it available where you are but you can get soft e-collars that make the dog look like a flower. In my experience though, sometimes not great to stop dogs getting at their back ends but worth a try.

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tido26 17

In this situation it's too late, but there are a lot of vets that when they spay or neuter they use what is called a healing laser. That's what the vet did for my dog, and she paid almost no attention to the site and it healed quickly. If you can find a vet that uses that instead of external sutures, I would highly recommend it

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AnnoyedAggie16 0

OP here. Unfortunately we didn't even get to choose how his surgery got done. We adopted him and the animal shelter did it themselves before we could take him home. As a former vet tech all I can say is their work was... definitely not ideal. The cone actually isn't even for the stitches, it's for complications due to their incision placement. :/

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Lizza330 28

The same thing happened with my cat. She ripped up any cone we gave her. Then she started taking out her stitches until we had the vet keep her for 2 weeks until she healed. They couldn't keep the cone on her either. They said that if it was any tighter it would be choking her, but she still got it off.

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bluejello2001 18

Had similar issues with my pup. Talk to your vet, you're going to have to keep your dog at least a little sedated while he heals. Wasn't my first choice, but it was the only way to keep her calm and leave her stitches alone.

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echariker 10

I love the Rick and Morty reference. I'm still sorry about the situation though.

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