<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">So.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We bought an inflatable e-collar for Conley because he had his nebbeminds gently removed under cover of anesthesia. The zipper on the inflatable failed and it was a bit too small and he had it off within seconds once, twice, four times....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I called a friend who has Belgians and asked to borrow her Bite=not collar and at 6:30 this morning I drove to her (beautiful rural) home and picked it up.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">And it is a smidge too big, pushing his ears forward so he looks less like Conley and much more like a lop-eared bunny rabbit. With big white teeth. Ooo he was unhappy...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I looked at the stitches and sure enough SOMEBODY has been at them and I suspected Conley so that meant I daren't leave him unattended with those stitches and no collar of any kind to protect the incision line from his tongue.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">And then I thought, well I will make one.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Cardboard is a little hard to bend, but 180 or 200 pound weight Acrylic paper is just about right if it is folded several times horizontally. And a little duct tape softens the edges for him and goes around the cylinder of paper to fasten it.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Of course, getting it off will be a chore. I'll let you know.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">MomPerson to Nebbermindless Conley, Nebbermindless Llewis and Mindless Doc. Wait wait. I didn't mean it to sound like---is that a squirrel?</div><br><br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4"></font><br></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div></div></div>
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