Hey SigForum!

This is Jessie:



Jessie is a Good Dog. She's a sweet, chill yellow lab that pretty much exemplifies all of the great characteristics of the breed. She belongs to one of the partners in my lawfirm, and she's become our office mascot.

As a happy girl, Jessie's tail wags. A lot. And, after bouncing off of all the usual stuff that tends to be around, like doorways and stair rails and furniture, Jessie has injured her tail. Jessie stayed home for a few days until healing up, but that's not been a permanent fix. Unfortunately, off and on, she'll reinjure the tip of her tail and then blood starts getting splattered about. She doesn't seem to be in pain, but if anyone has a suggestion for a means to keep Jessie's tail safe, we'd be happy to hear it. Everyone loves having her in the office, so we'd like to find a way to make her tail safer.

Sounds to me like Jessie needs a lawyer to file an OSHA complaint on the office for improperly safeguarding the environment.

You could get pool float tubes, cut in half and pad the edges of items she hits

I had the same issue with my GSD. The vet ended up amputating her tail because she kept injuring it and it was getting longer to heal. She is a lot happier now.

My Yellow Lab, Ellie, used to do the same thing, wag her tail so hard the tip would bleed. She didn't have to strike anything with it, the force of the wag was sufficient in and of itself to split the skin of the very tip of her tail. She did this pretty much all her life, it never seemed to bother her. We would put antiseptic on it occasionally, that didn't seem to make much difference either. Doc said it wasn't unusual, or anything to worry about as long as it didn't get infected. Such a sweet happy girl, I miss her dreadfully!

It's called "Happy Tail" and is pretty common. Here's a link on it. I hope she gets better soon!
https://www.care2.com/greenliv...do-you-treat-it.html

My experience is so long ago that it involves a Ford Woodie, circa 1948-1949. Growing up, my dad had two Great Danes, a fawn and a black. Dad was getting the dogs out of the back seat one day and shut the back door too soon, catching the black dog's tail in the door. We headed for the vet, who amputated the last 5-6 inches of the tail and applied an elaborate bandage. We walked outside and two wags of the tail sent the bandage flying into some bushes. Now 70 years later, I can still see in my mind, that bandage heading for the bushes.

Same thing happened with our Ridgeback. We ultimately had to amputate part of the tail because it would take longer to heal, and at times he would lick it/make it worse.

Much happier once we removed that very end where the injury was. A vet is best to advise you.

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Originally posted by HRK:
Sounds to me like Jessie needs a lawyer to file an OSHA complaint on the office for improperly safeguarding the environment.

We have reached a mutually agreeable settlement with Jessie whereby she has waived and released all present and future claims in exchange for a half dozen doggy cookies, two lightly used tennis balls, and daily belly rubs.

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:

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Originally posted by HRK:
Sounds to me like Jessie needs a lawyer to file an OSHA complaint on the office for improperly safeguarding the environment.

We have reached a mutually agreeable settlement with Jessie whereby she has waived and released all present and future claims in exchange for a half dozen doggy cookies, two lightly used tennis balls, and daily belly rubs.

Strong move holding out for the daily belly rubs!

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Originally posted by dave7378:

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:

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Originally posted by HRK:
Sounds to me like Jessie needs a lawyer to file an OSHA complaint on the office for improperly safeguarding the environment.

We have reached a mutually agreeable settlement with Jessie whereby she has waived and released all present and future claims in exchange for a half dozen doggy cookies, two lightly used tennis balls, and daily belly rubs.

Strong move holding out for the daily belly rubs!

It was not a contentious negotiation.

She's a really great doggy - well mannered and affectionate. In between naps she makes the rounds between offices, soaking up attention and sneaking treats (pretty much everyone has doggy treats in their desk for Jessie), and she greets the delivery people and clients who pop in before returning to her office for another nap. She does wonders to help keep a good vibe in the office. It's hard to stay in a bad mood around a happy lab.

Sounds like she needs a vet visit and maybe a tail protector.

I have no experience with any products for dog-tail protection, but these or something similar might help: https://www.gundogsupply.com/l...-tail-protector.html

My wife and I used to foster greyhounds who had happy tails. We found that using the plastic finger splints from the drug store or grocery store worked well.

They have foam sleeves now as well.

Either of those and a piece of vet wrap (self stick ace bandage) and it is light but protects the tip of the tail while it heals up. The vet wrap is better than tape since it comes off without pulling out the hair.

The lightest ones worked the best for protection and they can still wag without the artwork painted on all of your walls. :-)

Kevin

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Originally posted by HRK:

You could get pool float tubes, cut in half and pad the edges of items she hits

Or put one pool noodle on the tail!

Britty, our first Yellow Lab suffered from this in her last few years.

It looked like a crime scene when we would get home. She would look out the front window and get excited whenever anyone would walk by.

After a few weeks of cleaning blood off the walls in our home, we took the advice of our Vet and had a few inches removed.

Britty did not seem to care and coming home was much more enjoyable.

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:

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Originally posted by dave7378:

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:

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Originally posted by HRK:
Sounds to me like Jessie needs a lawyer to file an OSHA complaint on the office for improperly safeguarding the environment.

We have reached a mutually agreeable settlement with Jessie whereby she has waived and released all present and future claims in exchange for a half dozen doggy cookies, two lightly used tennis balls, and daily belly rubs.

Strong move holding out for the daily belly rubs!

It was not a contentious negotiation.

She's a really great doggy - well mannered and affectionate. In between naps she makes the rounds between offices, soaking up attention and sneaking treats (pretty much everyone has doggy treats in their desk for Jessie), and she greets the delivery people and clients who pop in before returning to her office for another nap. She does wonders to help keep a good vibe in the office. It's hard to stay in a bad mood around a happy lab.

Sounds like she needs a vet visit and maybe a tail protector.

Unless she's 18, she doesn't have the legal capacity to enter into a contract. She can abdicate her responsibility to fulfill any portion of her contract and there's nothing you can do about it. She may also need a guardian ad litem to make sure she understands what she's agreed to. I think a judge may throw out any oral contracts that were presented to Jessie in a higher than normal toned voice, especially if followed by "who's a good girl."

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You could get pool float tubes, cut in half and pad the edges of items she hits

You're going to need a lot of them, on every surface, corner and piece of furniture, if you do that.

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It looked like a crime scene when we would get home.

This would freak me out if I came home to bloody walls.

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:

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Originally posted by dave7378:

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Originally posted by ShneaSIG:

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Originally posted by HRK:
Sounds to me like Jessie needs a lawyer to file an OSHA complaint on the office for improperly safeguarding the environment.

We have reached a mutually agreeable settlement with Jessie whereby she has waived and released all present and future claims in exchange for a half dozen doggy cookies, two lightly used tennis balls, and daily belly rubs.

Strong move holding out for the daily belly rubs!

It was not a contentious negotiation.

She's a really great doggy - well mannered and affectionate. In between naps she makes the rounds between offices, soaking up attention and sneaking treats (pretty much everyone has doggy treats in their desk for Jessie), and she greets the delivery people and clients who pop in before returning to her office for another nap. She does wonders to help keep a good vibe in the office. It's hard to stay in a bad mood around a happy lab.

Sounds like she needs a vet visit and maybe a tail protector.

Unless she's 18, she doesn't have the legal capacity to enter into a contract. She can abdicate her responsibility to fulfill any portion of her contract and there's nothing you can do about it. She may also need a guardian ad litem to make sure she understands what she's agreed to. I think a judge may throw out any oral contracts that were presented to Jessie in a higher than normal toned voice, especially if followed by "who's a good girl."

Except she's 49 in dogs years.

She's a good looking girl. Nice to have a dog around the work place.