Sunday, September 11, 2016

What You Need To Know About A Dog Cone Collar

By Michael Kelly


It is common for many pets to lick themselves. On top of licking themselves, they ill lick or sniff surfaces and things surrounding them. Even though this behavior is normal for pets, sometimes it can get out of hand. When it happens especially in front of visitors, it can be very embarrassing to the hosts. To avoid the embarrassing instances, the habits can be regulated with a dog cone collar.

If they are let go, they can get worse in dogs. Like all other pets, dogs would have irritations of wounds or feel like scratching or pawing. These are stimulus whose reflex action is that licking or scratching. At times, the animals get so irritated that they become agitated to the extent of inflicting bites or behaving wildly. In this regard, it sometimes becomes necessary to prevent animals from licking wounds. For these and other reasons, cone collar is needed.

Before you decide to use any gadget or appliance on an animal or pet, it is crucial to get advice from the veterinary officer. This is to avoid instances of abuse or harm tot eh animal. That is why the appliance has to be tested and accepted by the vet. Get your facts right before you place a cone collar on the neck of your pet. When animals get hurt, they tend to be wild, and this can be very unsafe for everyone around.

The material making this cone collar should be soft to protect the area that will be tied. You are not supposed to tamper with the comfort of this pet by whatever chance. At the same time, it should also be properly adjusted so that the dog feels comfortable at all time. It should not anger them; rather it should sooth it. Losing the tempers can make the formerly friendly animals hurt the people around in a bid to avenge and seek freedom.

The cone should be removed and put back regularly. That is the reason why the collar should be flexible to adjust, the right size. It should open easily to allow for the movement of the pets head. It should also be portable for easy storing and carrying. Also, it should be elastic or adjustable to aid the dogs comfort during movement while drinking or eating.

Cones are perceived to be subjecting animals to torture. Indeed they can be termed as necessary evil. To be effective, the collars should be properly designed prevent dogs from licking, biting and scratching wounds and other irritated body parts. In so doing, they should combine both comfort and safety features. Both to the pet and yourself should be safe with their use.

The collar can be very uncomfortable for the pet for the first time, and they may even attempt to remove them. If they are incapable of removing them they can get violent. If your pet has these qualities, search for varied collars until the dog feels comfortable.

When these considerations are implemented to the letter, they save the dog from the shameful licking tendencies and protect it from possible trauma. Where the intention was preventing them from licking and scratching wounds, they enhance speedy recovery.




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