Franklin's Foot Injury & The living pooper scooper

Franklin and his "scooper" collar

Last week, Franklin came in from the backyard after 5 minutes and was bleeding all over the sun porch. He somehow tore one of his back paw nails out (entirely). So, of course, I took him immediately to the vet where the cauterized, cleaned and bandaged it. Because he can't leave anything alone, he's had to wear an elizabethan collar (a large plastic wrap around his head for those non-dog owners).
  His foot is healing (I clean and bandage it often) but he's still wearing his collar. He bumps into things of course, but found another use for it when he's outside. "Scooping."
 - Okay, don't read the rest if you're eating. Franklin has a tendency to crave droppings. Some dogs do, and we'll never know why. Since he's had the plastic collar on, both Tom and I have "welcomed" him back in the house to find "stuff" smeared on the bottom of the outside of the collar (he was obviously trying to snack- eeeewww). Not a fun thing to deal with cleaning.
  Of course, we pick up the back yard daily, but tend to miss one or two "presents"- but he finds them. Anyway, we can't wait to get this thing off his head, although it at least prevents him from "dining."
  See? I told you not to read it if you were eating! :)
Oh yeah, his foot continues to heal...