Prayers needed for Noba.... broken tail? GOOD UPDATE ON POST #12

[Nobas Mom]

Hi all,

I wrote this in the "general" section because this one wasn't showing up, and then "Bam"... it shows up here... oh well... So my Noba may have broken his tail... I will get the final word tomorrow at his vet appointment. The ridiculous part is that we have no idea how or when he did it. We went to the Drive-in movies last night and the dogs were outside in the backyard. When we got home, they went straight upstairs with us to bed. He was fine, tail wagging and no problems. This morning, I got up at 7 am to take the dogs out to potty, no problems. We all went back to bed until abotu 9 am. When I was letting the dogs out of the bedroom, I noticed that he was holding his tail down (like he does when he is in trouble). I really didn't think anything of it as he was still waking up. He went out and went potty. When he came back in, he started biting on his tail ferociously. I freaked out at first, thinking it was fleas. But when I went to look at it, I lifted it up and he screamed bloody murder. He has been unable to lift his tail since then. He can wag it slightly while it is hanging down and that's about it. The pain is about three or four inches away from the base of his spine... so I'm confused at to what is wrong with it... He goes tot he vet tomorrow afternoon... please keep him in your prayers.

[wolf_Q]

Poor Noba, I hope he's ok. He may have what's known as "dead tail" Nebo has had this twice from swimming. It sounds like the same symptoms, if it is that, it will heal itself in a few days. Hopefully it's that instead of a break, good luck at the vet. Here's some links about it http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/coldtail.html
http://www.working-retriever.com/library/cwtail.html

[Nobas Mom]

Wolf Q,

Thank you so much for that link. I gave the dogs a bath yesterday and did use the hose outside (this is the first time I've given them one outside of the bathtub)... so of course the water was pretty cold. My fiance just called me at work and told me that Noba is still nursing his tail, but it seems to be lifting more and more... so I'm wondering more about "cold tail" now....hmmm

[cyber-sibes]

Poor Noba. Will keep him in our prayers. Let us know what the vet says. Amy - I've never hear of that before, weird.)

[lizbud]

Wow, the links that Amy gave you are very interesting.I had never
heard of this either. It's good info to know,Prayers that the Vet confirms
it as something that will get better with a little time.

[Ginger's Mom]

Aw, poor Noba. I hope he is feeling better soon. I had never heard of that before I found Pet Talk, but since joining I have learned a lot of things.