Thanks guys

! He is a true "Kramer" as in Seinfeld's Kramer! G-O-O-F-Y. Leave it to him tear his butt up

. BTW, that is not the inflatable soft Kong. I made the mistake and ordered the wrong one from Kong at first. The first one I ordered was essentially a really smelly miniature plastic pool ring--EW! So, while I waited, I took an old compression stocking from a surgery, stuffed some socks in it, tied it & created an instant temporary neck collar! Desperate times, desperate measures. Labor Day 2019 festivity

....good times!