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

[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.

[Daisy and Delilah]

I'll keep Noba and family in my thought and prayers. Poor guy.
{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[cassiesmom]

Poor Noba, I hope he will feel better soon. Are you back from the doctor's office yet, what did the vet think?

[Nobas Mom]

Well when I got home this morning, Noba was moving his tail more and more. He was able to raise it just above spine level, but it was still painful to wag back and forth. I called his vet (who is amazing dealing with Noba and his ongoing battle with HD)... the vet had heard of water tail before and said it was a possibility since the hose water for his bath was pretty cold. I took him in to the vet and they looked at his tail. Noba dog loves his vet, so when he came into the room, he began wagging his tail as much as he could, then he cried and started biting it. He was such a trooper when the vet looked at his tail, you could tell Noba was in a lot of pain, but he did great.... . The vet said it didn't appear to be broken or sprained, so he wrote it off pretty much as water tail (I brought the articles in that Wolf Q sent me the links too) and gave him some Rimadyl to take once a day... (he already takes it every other day for his HD). The vet called me on his way home to see how hound dog was doing and was amazed at the progress. We've been putting heat compresses on his tail all day (much to Noba's dismay... ) and he seems to be improving. He can lift his tail up about 60% of the way up to almost "hound dog status"... , so we'll see what the next few days brings. The vet told me to bring him back in within a week if no noticeable improvement. Thanks again Wolf Q and everyone for their prayers... I will try and post a picture of the "limp tail" hound as soon as I can!!!

[critter crazy]

Yay Noba!! Get better soon pal, glad to hear you poor tail isnt broken!!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

That's great! Hopefully his tail will be back up and wagging in no time. I'm so glad it wasn't anything too serious.

[Nobas Mom]

So Noba is once again raising his tail in traditional hound dog fashion. The base of the tail still comes out a little straight before it starts to curve upward, but it's improving every day!!! He still winces when he wags it at full force, but definitely better than a few days ago!!!!