Split open the end of her tail

[lainie]

Google - tail damage manuka honey. Seems to work but only if you use the highest quality, which is expensive. Tips for protection include pipe insulation, Tampax covers and condoms! Got to be worth a try.

[Max X 2]

How is she today? 

Tips for protection include pipe insulation, Tampax covers and condoms! Got to be worth a try.

sorry, just made me laugh, can imagine the cashiers face when Becky, who is 6 months pregnant buys those  

Hopefully it will recover properly, although it sounds like it could take some time
My understanding is that if a dog is "showing it's working ability" which includes agility then docking & tail trauma amputations do not apply to the law



 
http://www.greatdanelady.com/articles/mending_a_tail.htm

[Becky and Wilson]

How is she today? 

Tips for protection include pipe insulation, Tampax covers and condoms! Got to be worth a try.

sorry, just made me laugh, can imagine the cashiers face when Becky, who is 6 months pregnant buys those  

7 months now!  And no, I've not had to buy those items in a while!!!!

The pipe insulation is a good idea!

Thanks for the link Maxine, I liked the measurements used.....that would totally cover paisley just about! 

I took her to the vets yesterday, the end had started to look swollen so it was time for meds!  Put her on anti inflammatories and antibiotics and they have shaved her tail  so the bandage they put on has some skin to grip to!  They have put a big padded bandage on it and told me to go back on Monday for a fresh dressing.  (If it stays put for that long!)

She was starting to feel very sorry for herself yesterday and was reluctant to go out for a wee, put today she is much perkier and happily going out of the dog flap....I guess that hurt too much with no padding to protect the tip.

The vet said it looked like she'd been chewing it, not under my watch she hadn't but I know she would go straight for it as soon as my back was turned as I had managed to make a cone to cover it out of loo roll!  It lasted for several hours until I went to brush my teeth ready for bed and the next thing I know there's paper everywhere and she's licking it!  Cheeky cockers!

[sox]

Another good ending here.

Sox my spaniel had a problem with his tail splitting he also kept whipping it against walls and doors and eventually the skin burst, everything got covered in blood.

I cleaned it daily and put one of those finger bandages on the end, not the stalls but actual bandages that you rolled on, all other methods of bandages failed as soon as I put them on him.

At one point I even used lagging tape to hold various materials on his tail to stop the split from getting worse.

I called the vet to ask for her opinion, she also said that if the tail doesnt heal or it becomes infected then the tail would have to be removed. She asked what I was doing to keep the wound clean. I explained that I was using watered down warm savlon and barrier cream at night times to keep the tip of the tail supple and moist. She said that this was fine and to keep doing what I was doing.

After dressing it and cleaning it for 5 weeks I took Sox back to the vets, for her too check it was ok, remarkably the tail had healed and I have had no problems with it since 

[dizzytrish]

my dalmatian was so mental, her tail used to hit her sides every time she wagged!!

in the end, she had her tail docked twice, the first because the vet wanted to keep as much as possible, the second time we told them to take the lot, she would only have had to keep having it done!!

we found the best thing was a tree wrap!, the plastic tube like things that go round small saplings to protect them from rabbits etc!
not sure what they are called!!

we cut them so that there was about two inches 'spare' over the end of the tail, and this seemed to protect the end more. and then tape the rest to the tail

good luck, but remember, the vet will only act in the dogs best interest, and the dogs cope really well regardless of a full tail or not!