When Bailey is happy, excited, anxious or most states in between he wags his tail frantically, I'm not exaggerating it is frantic! Surprisingly it took almost three years but he eventually had a stress injury on it. It appeared to be getting better but sadly my father-in-law died at the end of November and Bailey is very sensitive to atmosphere and moods, he was also out of routine which can make him anxious, (I know, he needs therapy!!) so during a two hour car journey he chewed his injured tail. It became slightly infected and after a course of antibiotics we almost cured it but one night he got the bandage off and chewed it again! This time despite two courses of stronger antibiotics and a manuka honey dressing the infection won and sadly Bailey lost about four inches off the end of his tail. After two months of wearing an Elizabethan collar and so many trips to the vets he is collar free and couldn't care a less about his shorter tail or his new nickname of Stumpy! He still wags but hits far fewer things and our legs don't get whipped in the process anymore. It hasn't effected his balance when jumping and using the agility equipment either. The funniest thing was watching him try to get through doorways etc with the collar on, it took him a long time to allow enough space to get through poor boy!
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| Not such a Happy Christmas! |
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| It looks better now the hair's grown back |
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