You humans think it\u2019s funny when one or other of us has to have cone around our neck to stop us licking a wound. Well, I\u2019d just like to put the record straight from a dog\u2019s point of view. It is not funny. It is not comfortable and I\u2019ve had enough. It\u2019s been simply weeks since my operation. I know it was worse because my leg got infected and then the stitches burst, but just how much longer has this got to go on for? I have visions that when it\u2019s removed I\u2019m going to still constantly duck my neck down to avoid things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s all made me a bit jumpy too. It\u2019s hard when you can\u2019t see anything approaching you if it is not coming face on. When someone touches you and you don\u2019t know who it is your first thought is to get out of the way. Our Mistress has been talking to me in a very soothing voice and telling me before she approaches but everyone else just ploughs straight into me. Ok, so I know I\u2019m in the way a lot of the time, but have you ever tried to squeeze through a small space when wearing one of these contraptions? Yes, I keep knocking the chairs over. Yes, I knock anything else off that\u2019s left overhanging the table, but I\u2019m really not doing it deliberately and if people will leave the chairs sticking out, how exactly am I supposed to get past them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our Mistress says she wants my leg 100% healed before it comes off, but I am putting my paw down and saying \u2018enough is enough\u2019. The cone has to go. I think I\u2019m starting to lose my mind in here and it\u2019s no fun at all. If I promise not to lick my leg do you think my Mistress would see sense and allow me to be trusted? I\u2019m an adult for goodness sake and not even a very young one at that. I\u2019m going to be eleven in less than a month. I\u2019m old enough to make my own decisions. And I\u2019m deciding I need some freedom from the cone!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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