The solution... or so we thought

Well, J and I put our heads together to come up with a new arrangement for Sawyer while we are at work. We decided to put the gate up a few inches off the ground. Enough that he probably couldn't jump over it, but not too much so he doesn't try to go under it and end up getting his head stuck. It didn't work. I came home for lunch to check on him (since he was recently operated on) and found him stretched out on the living room floor, like he had been sleeping there all morning! I quickly ran upstairs to diagnose exactly what I had done wrong. This is what the gate looked like. At least a few inches off the ground. Didn't even phase him! He's not a big dog... on four feet he is barely half as tall as the gate! And he even did it with this cone around his neck too!
Needless to say, today I left him downstairs in the living room. Went home at lunch and so far so good. Let's hope it stays that way!