Ahhhhhh—the cuteness! Warning, Tink’s wee beastie expression while on the doormat may cause loss of consciousness in the viewer.
Even More Alternatives To Elizabethan Collars
I get lots of visitors to the site who are trying to find alternatives to traditional elizabethan collars (also known as e-collars, cone collars , or lampshade collars). We had our own miserable time using an e-collar. So here are two more I’ve come across in my own research. Clearly your dog or cat doesn’t have to suffer in a big, bulky, plastic e-collar. I recommend planning ahead and have one of these alternatives on hand.
The Trimline Collar is a flexible, lightweight collar that is held in place with a drawstring. I’m not sure how well this will hold up to repeated uses by a dog though.
Trimline Collar
The Comfy Cone is a soft collar that can be folded down if need be and is held in place by your dog’s collar. It’s made of a 1/2 inch of foam sandwiched between durable fabric and it has reflective tape for night time use.
Comfy Cone
Be sure to checkout the other alternatives to the traditional elizabethan collar that we’ve found.
Friday Fun: Oh, Crap!
You know it’s going to be an interesting day when an inflatable pile of dog poop the size of a house breaks loose from its moorings, travels 200 yards taking out power lines and breaking a greenhouse window before coming to rest at a children’s home. The sculpture, entitled Complex Shit, by Paul McCarthy, was part of an exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland.
(Found via TheWoosterCollective.com, an awesome blog on street art.)
Dog Guards Owner After Suicide
More news of a remarkable dog. Cash the German Shepherd guarded Jake Baysinger for 6 weeks after his owner committed suicide.
Investigators believe the dog protected the body from scavengers and survived on mice and rabbits. Cash was thin and dehydrated, but was otherwise in good shape. She’s back at home with her family.
Dog Saves Baby
An Argentine dog named China apparently rescued an abandoned, premature human baby by placing it with her own puppies in their den. The baby is fine, but China isn’t enjoying all the attention. What a good momma!