yep! Our dog is so itchy these past few weeks she's been living in one of those cones (Elizabethan collars)...poor girl! As soon as you take it off - as long as she's not distracted by eating or going for a walk - she's licking her paws, biting her legs, biting her tail, scratching, etc...even with the cone on she can tuck her tail into it to chew it into a bloody mess...it's horrible! She's always been a itchy, scratchy dog during the warm months but I've never seen her this bad...she even gets a bath every week with an excellant "stop-scratching" shampoo...I'm taking her to the homeopathic vet tomorrow to see if he can come up with a remedy to help her.