Zane and Karen!
Graham's leg has now healed. Where there was once a giant lump of a fatty tissue tumor there is now his slim foreleg. With a pink scar on it.
His cone was tragically funny, and could be amazingly annoying. But being the obsessive compulsive dog he is (with the obsession to lick compulsively, at least) he wouldn't leave his healing leg alone, and we most certainly didn't want him to mess up his extravagantly expensive surgery. So he whacked about beconed.
A few days ago we took it off. He barely reacted. His primary sensing organ has been separated from his body for months, and i was expecting him to sniff joyfully at his paws, tummy... butt... but he didn't do any of that! I mean, his mood lifted a little, but then he remembered his leg and started licking it. We sprayed the horrible tasting spray on it, which wore off, so he was back to licking, and thus chose to have the cone reinstalled around his neck. Bummer. (By the way, is not Love and Logic's website kind of horrendous?) Poor dog. But last night, we took it off and sprayed his leg once, and he has avoided licking that area since then. Good dog. I guess behaviorism works too. Probably better on dogs since "EEEEW BAD TASTE YUCK" works better than "When I engage in that behavior, this unpleasant thing happens, so logically I should avoid that behavior."
So i took a picture of our noble beast. He is a good looking dog, considering his age and mongrel breeding. Also cute are Katrina with her blue eyes and Houston looking unremarkable. I think Karen will put a funnier picture on her weblog today. Houston has some really funny faces.
Hah, you are right, the L&L website is ghastly! Red and purple
color scheme, with red overlay on the portraits? What were they
thinking? And what’s with the drop shadow text on their promo
blurb? Are they going for a 3-D tactile viewing experience? I
think their basic concepts are solid, practical but their web
designer is not making it any easier to sustain their marketing
empire.
-- Dave Blakeslee (Email) - 22 April '09 - 12:11