It can be quite the sad sight: the family pet, recovering from surgery, having to wear that awkward cone on their neck to keep them from licking at their stitches. They look miserable. They look silly ...

A photographer has designed unique "cones of shame" to help dogs feel fabulous while they heal. Photographer Winnie Au published a book of her photographs featuring dogs wearing her new take on the ...

Winnie Au is taking the shame out of the cone — the post-surgery dog cone, that is. Nearly two years ago, she posted a casting call looking for dogs for her forthcoming book, and I couldn't help but ...

A golden retriever wearing a cone after a vet visit has gone viral on social media after his own brother bullied him for it—and his owner caught the scene on camera. The hilarious video, shared on ...

Dog owners sometimes have to use cones to keep their dogs from licking wounds, but in a canine's mind, it is a cone of shame and they'll do anything to avoid wearing it. One owner truly thought they ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The hard plastic post-surgery cone is every ...

When Brooklyn photographer Winnie Au lost her rescue dog — a Corgi named Tartine — to cancer about a decade ago, she was struck by how expensive the medical costs were. She decided she wanted to help ...

On March 12, 2025, in Monterrey, Mexico, @david.arista7 shared a video of his dog making a funny face. In the video, the author is in the car with the dog after the vet placed a cone of shame on it.