Lab with cut tail.

[Billy R]

Evening lads, I know a lot of you are fellow country sports enthusiasts.

My 2 year old lab holds her own in the brambles and is always cutting the end of her tail, and it's a nightmare to get it to heal. Any tips and remedies greatly appreciated. Bill.

[pycoed]

Don't know an answer to this one Billy, even my cockers with docked tails get cut at this time of the year. Will be better as the frosts start properly. Shows what the anti docking lobby knows about working dogs though, Eff All!

I've even had terrier's tails cut from thorn & bramble, especially next to the sea when the wind & salt keeps the growth so short.

[Stubby]

Bind it before she goes in to work .

[spuddog0507]

hi bill i got told about a spray called septiclean and used it on one of my dogs when it ripped its back leg on some barbed, sprayed it 3 or 4 times a day and was healed in about 8 days,because of the antiseptic content when the dog licked the rip after i sprayed it, the aniseptic was then in the dogs mouth thus killing the bactira in the mouth, then when the dog licked the rip it was not transfaring bactira back to the wound thus making it heal faster its about £8 a tin and availabal from farm supplie stores like coares or carrs billingtons,hope this helps, used several times now and it does the job.

[hedgesparrow]

only thing you may be able to do is do what they do with horses tails have a special bandage they wrap them in to stop it getting caught up. or use iodene spray on cut or whiteheads varnish will heal it up.

[dogman]

Try putting a 35mm film cannister on the end of the tail then using tape/plaster to hold it in place, this is a very effective way of protecting the tail end.

 

BE WARNED do not use elastic bands to hold the tape in place, as these can easily work their way int to the fur & be forgotton about, & kill off the end of the tail.

 

Also when she wags her tail against you leg it will be like some one hitting you with a stick !.

 

Rob

[jnoon]

You may lauf at this but try Vaseline,

I'm not kidding I've see. Spaniels with ripped open sore eyelids and you just rub same vas on before you go shooting and it helps the brambles just slide off I know it works because I've tried it

[Billy R]

Cheers lads.😄

[Garyjp]

hi bill i got told about a spray called septiclean and used it on one of my dogs when it ripped its back leg on some barbed, sprayed it 3 or 4 times a day and was healed in about 8 days,because of the antiseptic content when the dog licked the rip after i sprayed it, the aniseptic was then in the dogs mouth thus killing the bactira in the mouth, then when the dog licked the rip it was not transfaring bactira back to the wound thus making it heal faster its about £8 a tin and availabal from farm supplie stores like coares or carrs billingtons,hope this helps, used several times now and it does the job.

 

Is this any good for a cut pad? Walking the dog tonite he has cut his paw charging around in the bushes like an idiot. I think on glass or maybe an ali can chucked in the hedge.

 

 

 

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