How To Measure Dog For Cone Collar. Again if you don’t have twine, just grab your dog’s collar or a rope (see the video below). This will be the circumference of the neck hole for the cone.
From the top of the dog’s throat, over the ears to top of head (this is the size of the actual head). If your dog just can’t seem to get the hang of eating with the cone on, it’s okay to take. Dog collar, rope, string or thick twine;
Measure the collar around your dog, poke holes through the overlapping area and weave a shoestring or zip ties through the holes to tie the cone shut.
Links to the full project: This will be the circumference of the neck hole for the cone. Measure out the length of twine that you will thread through the cut sections of the pool needle to make your dog cone. A dog trainer friend of mine, sherry nativo, has an italian greyhound that need surgery on her mouth.