My dogs hate the plastic cone collars (ecollars) so I found these really cool "blow up" collars much nicer. I found mine locally but if you do an internet search for "soft E Collars" you can find some. They are pricy but nice.
some links
(***I have NOT ordered from the bonafido co so I can not personally recommend them, but they look more like what we have at the local place I go then the Foster and Smith one.***)
Soft-E-Collar (Elizabethan Collar Alternative)
or
Elizabethan Pro Collar for Dogs: ProCollar Protective Collar at Drs. Foster & Smith
just an alternative idea.