A couple times a year, Sadie will show signs of coming down with an ear infection. It’s always obvious, because she shakes her head violently and scratches at her ear with a rear foot.
Wen doesn’t want Sadie to shake her head so much that she could break blood vessels in her ear and create an ear hematoma, so at the first telltale signs, she cleans out Sadie’s ears and medicates them. This usually doesn’t stop the itchiness immediately though, so Wen will get out the dreaded cone and put it on Sadie’s head. With the cone on, Sadie can’t scratch at her ear with her foot and she can’t shake her head as much either.
After a few hours of wearing the cone, Sadie tends to forget about her ear infection, because the medication has had a chance to start working and the itchiness has calmed down. She isn’t too thrilled to be walking around with a cone on her head, but as soon as her symptoms have disappeared and Wen can trust her to be honest and not shake her head or scratch at her ear anymore, the cone cones off and Sadie is back to her usual routine.
That darn cone is something that none of us Scotties are fond of, but it sure seems to help out with Sadie’s ear infection discomfort by restricting her activity and she gets over her head shaking and foot scratching obsession much faster than if she wouldn’t wear it. I hate to admit it, but I guess that darn cone is useful after all!
Darn cone!
Help me!
Oh, well….
