Hey Cherrypagers, Riley here. I am Wildcat's Golden Retriever. (check the Photo Gallery for a pic of me and my stupid cone) Wildcat is posting this for me, since I can't type. So, if any of you have a dog, cat, or parakeet that has to wear a cone, please read them these tips.

1. Whenever company comes over, hide immediately. Avoid Satellite Dish jokes AT ALL COSTS.

2. When you have to wear a cone, your owners take it off to feed you and give you water. Towards the end of this brief period of freedom, when you see the owner in charge of feeding/watering you pick up the cone, rub your face like crazy. The nicer ones will let you do this for a while before they force the cone on.

3. Another tip for keeping the cone off as long as possible- drink, drink, and drink some more. You see, they always think oh, poor Riley, he's so thirsty! and they give you more, because they make you sleep outside so you don't pee the house anyway.

4. Don't try to lick when your owners are around. If they notice that you don't lick, then eventually they let you have your cone off without supervision, and you can lick then.

5.  Avoid tight spaces at all costs. (this includes stairways) because if you try to go into a tight space, I guarantee that your cone will get stuck and your owners will have to help you get un-stuck. And that's just emberassing.

Well, that's all I got for now, I'll have Wildcat update this when I think of knew tips. Please comment for your pets telling us what they think!

This is Riley, signing out.

p.s. this counts as Wildcats weekly blog.