Yeah, happy

ing birthday, Steel!

Here's the deal with Steel... Jackie picked up a cone of shame ($21.50)Wed. from the vet. We COULD NOT put it on him! I know what some of you are thinking.... No, we could NOT! I can't breathe and Jackie is so skinny, she stays dry in the rain. Neither of us could hold him down. Since he would only lick once in a while and we usually caught him, we decided to let it go...until today. Jackie got worried as the sound of Steel licking would wake her up. Off to the vet she went with cone of shame in tow.
Good news: no infection, doing fine. After hearing why Jackie was there, vet insisted Steel wear cone of shame. "Be my guest..." Jackie told him. The vet is a young man. Took him and a assistant several tries before being successful. Vet ended up straddling Steel in the corner while assistant put it on. This was after giving Steel a sedative before going to vet's. Vet thanked Jackie for giving Steel that as he said without it, they never would have gotten that cone on him. Going back next Saturday for follow up and removal of cone. I told Jackie to leave cone at vet's. She said she is going to bring it home and let Steel chew the hell out of it.
Bad news: I am sure this is nothing new to most of you dog owners, but of course Steel absolutely hates it. He just stands or sits in one spot and won't move for like 1/2 hr. at a time. Can't get him to eat or drink anything. Tried holding dishes up to him to no avail.
He was just standing there with his head hung in shame when I sat on the floor by him petting him and telling him it was going to ok. He tried to get to me so bad, pressing the cone into my ribs, I thought he was going to break them. I started to pet his head and console him. Then it happened. I thought he was attacking me. He jumped up, put his legs across the back of my neck and just stood on his hind legs hugging me.
I know a couple of you advised me previously (I think) on how to feed and give him water if he wore the cone of shame but I didn't pay much attention as I didn't think it was going to matter. Well, now it does. Any words of wisdom will be much appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
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