Inflatable vet dog collars v buster 'lampshade' collars

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Personal opinions please!
I have a whippet x bedlington who is constantly hurting herself - the latest is her spey op scar (spey was in September) is now, weirdly opening up! It took a good month to heal. Previous stitches follow the same healing pattern.
Her buster collar broke, she ran into the door way, and I managed to tape it up enough to last but it's now died and I need to get a new collar of sorts. Being whippetty, she has a very small head and neck.
Need advice. Need some Gin. I have a non healing dog!!
 
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Can you get body suits that cover up abdominal surgery scars? Rather than using a collar.

I had the Sprollie wearing both an inflatable and a cone at one point for something on his foot! I think either I didn't want to bandage because it needed air or he went nuts with a bandage on his leg... can't remember but the OTT collar combo was the lesser of two evils!

I'd say the inflatable ones will stop them getting to wounds on the body but you need a cone for legs.
 
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I’d definitely recommend a body suit, hint doesn’t have to be an expensive veterinary one, a baby gro with well placed holes work. There’s tons of whippet pyjamas out there if you want a fitted one but one that is away from the wound works best as then they can’t lick through the material and it doesn’t run against.

Collars don’t work as well as thin neck but very long nose so can reach around!
 
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FM, where abouts in the country are you. when my little terrier had his cruciate ligament surgery i bought an inflatable collar and only used it once, wasnt impressed as he could still get to his leg..i am essex/suffolk borders and happy to give away if it is of use
 
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Thank you - I'm down south in Dorset, so a fair trek for a give away! I'm sure somewhere more local to you would be very grateful for your kindness.
Whippet PJ's - good thought. I'll go and have a look to see what I can find. She even might appreciate it now with the cold weather! lol
 
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this is her! This was 2.5 weeks after spey, stitches were taken out at 10 days, all ok for a few days then it opened up, so I manuka honey'd it, and bandaged like this for 3 days. It healed enough about a another 8 days or so, with the lampshade collar for me not to worry and now, 2 months later, it's happening again!!
I obviously want this part of her anatomy to be covered - or a collar of sorts to prevent her from reaching this area. Most suits I've seen have the opening here (for the dogs to do their wees)...
 

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Rotter 1 broke the first buster collar in the vets car park as I took her home and the 2and one didn't last much longer. She was fine with the inflatable although we had to let her sleep out of the crate.
Rotter 2 had a body suit which got wet everytime she had a wee. We soon swapped that for a tee-shirt
 
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With a long nosed breed like Whippet, I wouldn't think the inflatable would be much use. It is barely that it stops my medium nosed Lapphunds. Elizabethan "lampshade" collar, or using both as in PapaverFollis photo, seems more likely to work.

However, if it doesn't work, nor a body suit/some homemade alternative to a body suit, and since I presume it is only for a temporary time, to give the wound a chance to heal, then I want to add the option of perhaps considering a Police dog leather muzzle? You can remove it when you can keep an eye on her, so it's not as if she would have to wear it all the time.

My late Smooth Collie really didn't like that the Elizabethan collar restricted her eye vision, this was back when they only came in non seethrough plastic. We went and bought her a leather muzzle similar to the one in the picture below, and she was much happier with the muzzle. Didn't have a trouble drinking in it either, she just dunked the muzzle down into the water bowl until she could reach to drink (which caused a bit of trouble, since the muzzle needed to be dried occasionally).

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It really depends on the dog and where the wound is. Comfy collars are ok but a lot of dogs can reach round them. sometimes both are needed. Buster collars are not perfect but sometimes needs must! there are suits, muzzles etc. sometimes its best to distract them from the wound with things like stuffed kongs etc. That only works when they are supervised though.
 
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We had buster collars on the Rotties when they had their bits done.

It was, um, interesting when they went in their pens as the collars caught. One of the Grots sat down and wouldn't budge. He really wasn't happy. I wasn't too chuffed about having to crawl in the crate to get the collar off. Thankfully he took it as me helping him and not adding insult to injury so sat very still.

I dread the thought of either of the Rotties needing medical collars of any sort as they both like to chew. They'll take each other's normal collars off!

Sorry OP. Nothing useful to advise.
 
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