First, the best time to dock a puppy’s tail.
In general, give Puppy tail docking should be done within 21 months of the puppy, and it is best to do it within 1 to 7 days of the puppy’s birth. The sooner the dog is docked, the better. Because the dog is just born, the nerves on its tail have not yet grown, and the bones of the tail are relatively fragile, so if the puppy is docked at this time, the puppy will not be very painful, and the process of docking the tail is more straightforward. However, if the nerves on the dog’s tail have grown, and then the tail docking operation on the dog, the difficulty of the operation will increase, and the dog’s pain will also be significantly increased.
Second, how many days does it take for a dog to heal after a docked tail?
Generally speaking, seven days after a dog is docked, It will heal in a day or so. However, after the tail docking operation on the dog, the pet should pay attention to taking care of the dog’s tail every day, such as observing whether the dog’s wound has purulent secretions and helping it clean it in time. Dog wounds can quickly become infected if they are not cleaned in time. The pet should pay attention to cleaning and disinfecting the dog’s tail twice daily with iodophor. During the cleaning process, pay attention to removing the hair and dirt from the wound so the dog can recover smoothly.
Third, the dog tail docking surgery process.
Dogs should be docked before the puppy’s eyes are opened. At this time, tail docking can reduce the dog’s pain. Even if the tail is docked for a slightly older puppy, it should be done within 1 to 2 months of age. Decapitating a dog is cutting the hair from the area to be operated on, sterilizing it, and applying local infiltration anesthesia. The bleeding is ligated with a tourniquet 3 to 4 cm above the surgical site. After the dog’s tail was fixed and balanced, the skin was incised circularly with a surgical knife and then cut off at the joint 1 to 2 cm above the tail skin. Finally, stop the wound’s bleeding, sprinkle anti-inflammatory powder, suture the flap, and disinfect it with iodine.
Generally, it is not recommended to do tail docking for other breeds of dogs except for corgis and bulldogs. Because tail docking surgery is still relatively cruel to dogs, after a dog’s tail is docked, its body balance will be affected, and it will quickly cause it to be affected when jumping and turning or even falling.
This is the end of our introduction to dog docking.
