Those damn lampshades are one of the worst inventions out. They seem to frighten the living daylights out of most dogs/cats that have to wear one and I am always worried they will do more harm to themselves when bumping in to objects around them. My old lurcher went absolutely ballistic when he had to wear one and I took it off after about 5 mins as he was just too petrified to move around. However, my current lurcher had to wear one and didn't bat an eyelid - walked around and behaved as if it wasn't even there! I much prefer those softie collars or the ones that are a bit like a human version of a neck collar you get in hospital, although I found that these did cause a lump on my dogs back after a while (which disappeared after a while when collar was removed).