My Doberman has figured out a way to smash and bend (so he can chew it up) an Elizabethan collar, when kenneled, in a couple hours. With 4" off the end he can then get his mouth to his body to lick/chew. This isn’t the floppy, “friendlier” Elizabethan collar, but the hard plastic one the vet gives you. Any ideas? I’ve never had a dog get around one of these before. My only thought was a smaller crate 
or gluing two together to make it double strong…
What about one of those donut collars? Even if it won’t work alone it might keep the plastic cone pushed up high enough to work if you put them both on. Where is he bothering?
ive had good luck with the doughnut collars (kong makes them), and the peel and stick cayenne pepper strips
http://www.petco.com/product/110183/Nurtured-Pets-Anti-Lick-Strip-Prevent.aspx
http://www.amazon.com/KONG-Cloud-E-Collar-Collar-Large/dp/B0045Y1JGG
I used the heavy, whitish plastic cones, and a bigger size than usual for the dog size. I punched extra holes in the neck opening, didn’t use the snaps, but duct tape, overlapped it further so the cone went further out from the mouth. I put a harness on the dog (cheap nylon works), make the harness taut, not super tight, use stretch gauze to tie the cone to the harness in at least 4 places. My dog couldn’t do anything to lick, and the heavier cone held up well. There is a down side, because doggy quickly figures out how to nail your heels with the cone. They can eat and drink easily, and they learn very quickly how to smack the outer cone edge down, and get food or treats.
I took a small length of pool noodle and threaded my dogs collar thru the center hole. Then put it on his neck, and buckled the collar closed. Worked perfectly. Depending on the diameter of the neck, you make need to make notches in the noodle so it flexes slightly. It was much much cheaper than the Kong inflatable one.
You guys are brilliant. He is going after his tail, so it’s probably the easiest thing for a gumby dog to reach.
I already am using the largest size of cone, so I can’t go up a size for length, unfortunately.
I had read bad reviews on the inflatable collars and was hesitant to try them.
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They don’t need to be inflatable
http://www.handicappedpets.com/no-cone-collar.html[/QUOTE]
My mom had a gumby dog, and her vet told her to just get a piece of industrial-type carpet, cut to the right size, and duct tape it around the dog’s neck. Looks just like this one, and it worked great for her dog.
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My mom had a gumby dog, and her vet told her to just get a piece of industrial-type carpet, cut to the right size, and duct tape it around the dog’s neck. Looks just like this one, and it worked great for her dog.[/QUOTE]
Brilliant! I would worry about the abrasiveness of the hard carpet backing though. Short-coated dog.
Basket muzzle.
Or in place of the inflatable collar, fold a bath towel in half, lay a piece of tie gauze or string across the crease and then roll it up tightly. Duct tape the roll at either end to prevent unrolling. The use the ends of the string to tie it around the neck.
What we do at the clinic when we need to keep the e-collar up higher.
I must say I get some pleasure out of coming up with new ways to keep dogs from outsmarting the e-collar.
