Thanks everyone for your kind words.
I've finally taken Pepper's collar/cone off today and he has been running around like crazy in the snow - couldn't cope with the thought of him hoovering up the snow in the garden. Not sure how good that is for the recovery of his wound but it is doing a lot of good for him...
Little does he know that the sock will be going back on later once we get home. I had to bring him in to work today as I wouldn't have been able to get home to him at lunchtime. Fortunately my 'commute' is only 1/2 hour walk/10 minute drive but with the snowy/icy roads, I didn't fancy the drive.
