Our dog was neutered yesterday.

[awick14]

He is 6 months old, how am I supposed to keep him calm? He is making me crazy!

He wouldn't stop licking himself so he has a cone on. He is following me around an keeps walking into me an the cone hurts. Lol!

How long Should I leave the cone on?

[mrsmac]

We had our puppy altered yesterday. She'll be keeping the cone on until it looks healed. She will not leave it alone.
I agree, the cone hurts coming at you. The noise of it hitting things is driving me crazy, but I know it's probably deafening for her.

[chessie]

What we did for our dog got some calming pills from the vet, but within 2 days he was back as he was prior.

[dexteroni]

I think Quincy was in his cone for 7 - 10 days. He was a dedicated licker though. After the second or third day, we gave him a cone break each evening when we were able to be 100% with him to stop him if he tried to lick. Then it went back on for bed. Once he stopped trying to lick during his cone-free time, we let him go without it while we were home. He wore it when we went out and at night for a few more days after that just to be sure.

[mrs.jacinthe]

As regards the cone hurting/being loud - go to home depot. Buy a $1.50 length of self-adhesive pipe insulation. Apply around the outside edge of the cone (you may need to make a couple "relief" cuts, depending on how big the cone is). Voila!

I did this when Dot was in the cone for three weeks and if I hadn't, there would have been carnage - I was getting all bruised up.