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#218020 - 11/29/2008 04:00 PM |
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Hello,
wondering if anyone has haad a similiar experience. My dog, who is crated when I'm not home, appears to have a sore on the side of the tip of her tail. She wacks the tail on the side of the crate when I come home to let her out. She is a Pitbull so she has a thin tail, with very little hair/fur as protection.
So....as she wiggles thru the house on her way outside...she splatters blood along the way. I'm gonna try padding that side of the crate, where her tail hits.
I also work in a hospital, in the perioperative dept...I thought about a few drops of a product called dermabond that is used to "dress" small wounds. I've used it on a few nagging areas on my hands that crack open and don't heal because of all the handwashing. This stuff is applied as a liquid and forms a bond..allowing the wound to heal in a few days..doesn't sting and I'll just need a few drop, dries very quickly!
Any thoughts/suggestions?
thanks,
Linda
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Re: bloody tail
[Re: Linda Walsh ]
#218026 - 11/29/2008 06:14 PM |
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Is she a chewer? Just thinking that padding the inside might give her "something to do" while in her crate....and if she were to eat it, may cause an obstruction issue???
Have you tried a wire crate (the kind that are collapsible)?
Derma-Bond may work, as well as that Band-Aid stuff.
Sounds like a very happy girl with all that tail wagging.... 
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[Re: Carol Boche ]
#218030 - 11/29/2008 06:47 PM |
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Hi Carole,
I do use a wire crate...I think she is just whacking that tail hard against the wire. Yes, she does tend to be a chewer, thats why I have not yet lined that portion of her crate. She has destroyed some beds, just chews and pulls some stuffing out. Its been intermittent. (I only buy cheap beds )
I'm hoping the dermabond will give it a chance to heal.
She is VERY HAPPY...total wigglebutt. you know, the whole body pivots and wiggles, while she is jumping etc. its very cute.
But I do feel like I work for a crime scene clean up crew at times... 
I appreciate your thoughts!
Linda
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[Re: Linda Walsh ]
#218056 - 11/30/2008 12:03 AM |
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You are the proud owner of a dog with happy tail. Depending on how bad this happy tail is you may want to consider bandaging the tail from halfway down until it is healed and a new non wire crate. If it is severe (and I do mean severe like exposing bone to air) you may have to consider amputating the tail.
This is a common occurance with a great many dog with a thick or thin powerful tail and either alot of bone or very little fur or flesh padding with it. Pits and dobes with tails are the usual ones I see it with.
For info on treating try http://www.grassmere-animal-hospital.com/bald_thighs_comedones_happy_tail.htm
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#218134 - 11/30/2008 08:41 PM |
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If the dog is going in for anything requiring anestestia(sp?) you may want to have her tail amputated sooner rather than later unless you're real attached to the whip tail look. I've never seen a dog with bad happy tail that ever really healed and stayed healed. They're always re-opening the sore right as it was almost healed.
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[Re: Cathy Goessman ]
#218217 - 12/01/2008 05:27 PM |
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thanks for the replys regarding "happy tail." I did lash a flat foam bed on the side of her crate where she hits her tail, waiting to exit her crate. She had it when I first adopted her, over a year ago. It healed, but now has reoccurred. The area is very small and superficial for now. I will keep my eye on it and I am trying conservative Rx for now.
That sucker really does get whipping 'round. It freaking hurts when it hit me. She seems unfazed by it all. She a pretty stoic, tough dog however. Thats what makes her a blast to play with!!
I appreciate your input!
Linda
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#218221 - 12/01/2008 05:41 PM |
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I used to groom a "pit" with happy tail (he was the 90 pound moster variety) ... I could completely understand why he had this problem too ... he would wag his tail so hard that when he'd hit your legs with it, it would leave HUGE bruises. Where he mine, he would have to be docked because, as Linda said, it freaking hurts! lol
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#218223 - 12/01/2008 05:59 PM |
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I had a Greyhound with a self-destructive case of happy tail. Someone suggested using a plastic hair roller and taping it in place over the injury with medical tape until it could heal. The idea was to keep the dog from continuing to re injure it and allow it to heal. It worked brilliantly! These hair-roller things are the light-weight colored plastic ones that come in all sizes and have the vent holes. Once the tail healed completely (finally) I didn't really have anymore problem with it.
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#218229 - 12/01/2008 06:19 PM |
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Kristel,
That sounds like a great idea. Did you have to use an Elizabethan Collar to keep the dog from pulling the roller off?? How exactly did you "tape" it on, so it would not launch off once the tail go moving??
I'm gonna look into that idea. I did try a bit of nonstick adhesive with vet wrap, and it flew right off, just did not stick enough, I guess, with the momentum of the wag!! LOL
Linda
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#218308 - 12/02/2008 12:16 PM |
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The tape has to be a type that sticks to hair and won't come off with water (use baby oil to get it off). We used the same tape that we use on the ears of our Doberman puppies: it's a Curity-Kendal product that looks almost 'ribbed' lengthwise so it breathes. I taped really well at both ends of the roller, leaving it tape-free in the center so the air holes could stay open. Make sure the tape isn't tight, but is stuck really well.
We put a basket muzzle on the Greyhound at first (can't keep a cone on a Grey, it slips right off, lol) but he left it alone so we ended up not needing anything. I think with the tail the dog could still get to it if he/she wanted to with a cone. Some bitter apple sprayed on the tape might work?
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