Hi Guys,
My Gordon had a tail amputation just before Christmas 2015. A few issues keeping his bandage attached for the first few days, but he has never had any bother since then. He had about 3/4 of his tail removed too but is still as handsome as any other hound out there, and has even won Best Male at a couple of Greyhound shows!
He gets lots of positive attention because of (what the kids call) his "butt stump" and can still wag it like crazy when the need is there :)
Fiona
p.s it's also much easier checking he's safe before closing any doors/car boots!
I meant to update this a couple of weeks ago. The good news is Bess did not have to have her tail amputated. The vet actually phoned me while she under anaesthetic and said he would like to try something called a 'Dog End". It is a light plastic flexible mesh that slides easily onto her tail. It is secured over the wound top and bottom with Elastoplast. It allows the wound to breathe and I have to say since she has been wearing it she has been wagging her tail and banging it off walls and radiators and it has never opened the wound. She doesn't mind wearing it because it is so much more lighter than a bandage. So far so good. I have to say though it was not the tip of her tail that is so much harder to heal and the mesh would have nothing to be secured to. Bess's wound was about a quarter way up her tail.
That's terrific news and I'm sure Celia and Jimmy will be chasing it up with their vet for some of the kennel dogs. I shall certainly mention it to my vet as well, as the view tends to be that part-amputation is the best solution. Well done waggy Bess!
There is a website called bonovate.com where happy tail owners can buy their own Dog Ends.
I've only used two so far and I change the tape every two or three days.
