I have my hands full with Gavin tonight.  One of his ears is once again inflamed and he won’t leave it alone.  This means he’s back in ‘the collar of shame’ at least that is what he thinks about the E-collar.  I had to put it on him because he kept digging at his ear, not a good thing.  He only makes it worse that way.  At least with the E-collar on him I can try to break the itch scratch cycle. 

     This is a chronic problem with him.  It took him an hour to settle down in his crate after I put the collar on him because he was not thrilled.  Last time I put it on him he did a Houdini and got it off.  I found it in the back of the crate.  We were fortunate that he didn’t chew it up and eat the thing.