Atlas is a 6 year old weimaraner who is my parents' dog. We/they rescued him at 18 months old. His tail was docked when he was a puppy, and was neutered at some point before we got him. I was talking to my mother on the phone the other day, and she told me that his tail has started to grow again! She said it's grown a good inch.
Has anyone ever heard of this? Will it grow all the way back or just part of the way? He was recently switched from Nutro to Chicken Soup dog food...I can't see that being relevant but it's basically the only change in the dog's life. Any input?
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I had dobies, and several greys or whippets that lost parts of tails to accidents.
The tail won't grow back. That bone can't regenerate. If the dog gets fat, they will get more fat padding on the tail, and it could "grow" that way. I've seen dobies (and some rotties) get a fair amount of fat on the tail (depends on the line and type of tail).
They aren't like iguanas <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> and even lizards do a poor job of regrowning tails. Typically they aren't as long, have poorly formed or incorrectly shaped and patterned scales, etc.
More often, I've seen dogs who were badly docked, and had the end of the tail degenerate and the bone come back through the skin.
The thing is that the bone always barely stuck through at the end, and it doesn't sound like it's far. They had the vet look at it recently and she said that she could redock it if my parents wanted but that it was probably best to just leave it alone. It's just a little strange!!!
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