The cone was only used for a few hours, right after he got home + when we had to leave him alone for a bit last night. All in all, he's doing very well at not licking his wound. While it was on, the cone was pretty hilarious, though. He was still fucked up and could hardly stay awake at the time anyway. As soon as I put it on, he went into the position in the picture (head held low) and froze for a full minute. After that, he slowly walked backward trying to back out of the cone. When that didn't work, he accepted his fate, but would get hooked on various items while trying to find a spot to lay down. I felt bad for the guy, but not as bad I'd have felt had he licked his woundglue off.
This happened yesterday, and he's still a little groggy today, sleeping most of the day, waking up only to find a new spot to sleep. When he walks, he does it very gingerly. He does pep up when outside, though, and wants nothing more than to play ball. Not yet, buddy.
In fact, that was the first thing he did when he got home. We put him outside to piss and he slowly walked to his tennis ball and haphazardly tried picking it up and coaxing us to throw it. Of course, he was having trouble even keeping his eyes open and his head held up at this point, so he wasn't too convincing.
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