You might think im crazy but i had a big ridgeback dog that would reach around and bite when being worked on even with sedation. We laid him on a clothes ironing board,put a towell over him so the tape wouldnt stick to his hair and then duct taped him firmly to the baord. When the job was done we just sliced along the tape and it pulled away freely from the towell. He couldnt move a muscle and we had our hands free to work on him.
That is creative.