Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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Well our romp in the snow yesterday and the bath after to get the snow out of his paws has combined into an annoying case of cold tail...My dog looks pathetic with a limp rope hanging off his butt. It's even worse when he tried to wag it. I read aspirin and a hot water bottle will help keep him comfortable. I'm not ready to try the aspirin yet though I've offered the water bottle (he's more interested in playing with it). Anything else you can suggest? It's a bit sore I think as he's been having trouble sitting on it and I've let him spend the day on the couch and bed where it's softer. He just looks depressed (he's puppy-eyed me out of a raw steak I planned on cooking for MY dinner please help me get him get better quick lol)
Common in dogs that have been involved in serious humping, or bounding thru deep snow that cranks the tail. Sometimes it actually IS a fracture, from wacking the tail against something. Fracture site feels like a hard lump in the smooth tail.
It's takes awhile to get better. I think the aspirin, Ecotrin or Bufferin, given only at night, when the dog is not using the tail, is helpful in speeding recovery; but of course no one takes 10 dogs that get aspirin and 10 that don't and compares outcomes so who knows!
It goes away, but it takes awhile.
I've never read anything about it Melissa that's a cool article.
Hav gets it after almost EVERY swim or bath with a hose...
Even when just playing with a hose and a kid at night this last summer...
I HATE it. We have even had to cancel a confo show because of it this last December.
He hurts and just looks so sad for a few days. But is usually better in about 4 days. We have tried Aspirin, but it really didn't seem to do much.
While I have grown to be OK with the tailed Rott, I do wish he had been docked for this one reason. Or do you think a docked dog would still get it, but not show as many symptoms?... Hmm....
Kita gets this a couple of times a year, usually from smashing into something while harassing the chickens or playing with the other dogs. Either trying to turn and hitting something, or ducking under a tree limb and standing up to early.
I've tried a few things, now we just give it time. Takes 4-6 days to heal up usually, and then she's good as new. I have read some issues though with repeated trauma, so I keep trying to fix wherever she hurt herself last in the yard to prevent a repeat.
Ripley got it after swimming for 3 hours one evening. (Ducks in the pond.) I ended up taking him to the E-vet at midnight as he was so uncomfortable. I had no idea what was wrong---even convinced myself he was bloating. The minute we saw the vet she said, "Can you get him to wag his tail?" and explained what was wrong. They gave him a sedative that night and prescribed Tramadol for 3 days.
Jamie Craig Webboard User Reg: 09-01-2009
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Okay, so I got him onto a warming pillow (still avoiding apsirin). I did slow gentle rub down his tail to INSURE it wasn't a break (he has a naturally lumpy thick tail, so I wanted to be sure 100% that they were all "natural" lumps). He made a few faces at first but then laid down seemed to relax a bit when I was checking him over. A night on the bed with me and a hot water bottle. This morning he's wagging again! It's not 100% but it's moving and being held slightly up. I'm wondering if it is a muscle thing (like the links suggest) if the gentle massage helped? I know when I have muscle pain and failure it works with me!
I also made sure not to have him sit or lay down on top of it (we worked on our standing OB). Seems to be helping.
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