We had to do the same thing with our last dog. The cone freaked him out too much. He would stand still afraid to move shaking in fear, and he never was able to adjust. Pants and even long sleeve shirts for the front legs were non issues for him.

Dude looks like a character from a zany fish-out-of-water comedy.

I feel this comment! Makes me feel better about the state of things. Entropy, entropy everywhere.