At some point, a good amount of dogs will go through a surgical procedure. Throughout the healing time, a few dogs can be prone to chewing or biting at the stitches, staples or incision, that may impede healing or even lead to infection. It is not uncommon for a dog to get started biting or licking at an incision many days after the operation, for the reason that this is often when the incision may begin to itch as a result of the healing process. Unfortunately, a lot of dog owners may not have a surgery collar–additionally referred to as an “Elizabethan collar,” “e-collar” or “lampshade”–available when the dog begins biting or licking at the stitches. Lucky for you, it’s fairly easy to make a homemade surgery collar for a dog to protect the pet’s surgical incision or wound till the dog owner can visit the veterinarian or pet supply store to get a plastic e-collar.  Learn more about small dog collars here.

Measure the distance from the dog’s collar to the tip of the dog’s snout. Multiply this number] by 2 and write down this figure. Take away the dog’s collar plus snap or buckle the collar closed as if it were on the dog’s neck. The collar ought to shape a circle; now measure the diameter of the circle. Write down this figure also. Add these figures from steps one and 2. This will be the approximate diameter of the circle you will have to produce from your cardboard or thin plastic. Attain an overturned trash barrel, pot, pan or other circular item that’s close in size to the diameter you need. Trace the similar-sized circle onto the plastic or cardboard plus use this as a guide when cutting out a circle for your homemade surgery collar. 

Once you have got cut out a circle of the proper size, place the dog collars in the middle of the cardboard or plastic circle. Draw a circle round the collar. You’ll use your scissors to take away this inner circle.Once the inner circle is removed, you will be left with a chunk of cardboard or plastic in the shape of an O. You must next create 1 cut extending from the outer edge of the O to the inner edge of the O. These holes must be right up against the dog’s collar. Thread zip ties thru each of the holes plus use the zip ties to secure the surgery collar to the dog’s collar.