Post Surgery Lucy

To prevent our dog from completely tearing up her ear after surgery, our veterinarian put an Elizabethan collar on her. Honestly, she looks pathetic.

For anyone who has ever had a dog and that dog has ever been in need of an Elizabethan collar, or an E-collar as they are usually referred to, you know that trying to prevent said dog from shaking his or her head while wearing one is, well, near impossible. Of course, all the things you are supposed to prevent your dog from doing post-surgery or treatment are damn near impossible too.

Yesterday Lucy had her bandage and gauze taken off and with it came the potential for bleeding, so it came as no surprise that within a few minutes of returning home the head started shaking and the blood started splattering. I’m telling you, if there was a way to make money selling dog ear blood splatter art, we’d have it made. This dog seems to be an ever-flowing source of “inspiration.” Now, if we could just get her to do it a little closer to a canvas…