Posted by: Marge Paszek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sometimes a dog can hurt their tail...For instance,
my stepson had a cocker spaniel that had been run
over and his tail was damaged and he couldn't lift
it from that point to the end. In his case it
wasn't so close to his body that he couldn't do
his potty, but the end of his tail never got
better. The tail can be docked, so it won't be
in the way. If the dog is paralyzed and he can't
use his back legs, then I could understand it...
but if it's just the tail, although docking an
adult is an uncomfortable procedure, I'd prefer
it to putting the dog down. BTW, my neighbor
had a golen with half of it's tail limp from
an accident where the tail was shut in the door.
The dog died of old age....I would suggest to your
friend that she take her dog to another vet...JMO
Marge
Tammy Kinkade wrote:
>
> Posted by: "Tammy Kinkade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Has anyone ever heard of this?
>
> If a dog's tail "quits working" - if they can't hold it up, they should be
> put to sleep.
>
> One of my mom's corgis has not been able to hold her tail up - it literally
> is dragging on the ground - she cannot raise it to potty. One of mom's
> co-workers had this happen to her dog and her vet said that if it didn't get
> better they'd have to put the dog down because she wouldn't be able to potty
> correctly and that it would/could cause some sort of blockage of her
> intestines (or something like that). The dog did get better so they never
> went to another vet for a different opinion.
>
> What would cause this to happen suddenly? Mom is taking Molly to her
> chiropractic vet in Toledo on Saturday in hopes that an adjustment will
> help.
>
> This is really something to think about - who would ever have thought that a
> droopy tail would be "life threatening"?
>
> Tammy Kinkade
> Defiance, Ohio
> w/my "little" helpers - Hoss & Samson the Great Danes and Pooh the fuzz
> bucket
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Marge Paszek
Heritage Hill Great Danes
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/4587/
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