My dog was running down the stairs the other down when he slipped on a cell phone case and took a dive for the curio cabinet . He broke one of his legs and had to get stitches and a cast. He had to wear a plastic halo around his neck so that he couldn’t lick his stitches or try to bite off his cast with his teeth . Of course the problem then came that my sister put the halo on him incorrectly. The halo is supposed to face outwards like a large collar. That way it blocks him from getting to his paws or legs in order to tear out any stitches. Of course, she put it on him wrong she he could reach . The halo hung over near his paws and he could reach his mouth over its edge to get at his legs. So, yes, he did tear out his stitches. This happened to all of the stitches and even the cast so we obviously had to take my dog back to the vet to get them put back in, then the vet tried to put the halo on once more and show us the correct way but apparently my sister is smarter than the vet so she didn’t listen . I can’t even tell you how furious I was with my sister after the vets office, she thought she knew better? I bet the brat doesn’t even know how to spell animal!