1. Two common ways to dock a dog’s tail
1 、Surgical cutting and division:
This generally needs to be done in a professional pet hospital. First, it is necessary to wipe and disinfect the surgical site with alcohol or iodophor for many times, and then clamp the dog with a sterilized hemostatic forceps. After leaving, use a scalpel to quickly cut off the dog’s excess tail. Sprinkle hemostatic powder on the broken end of the tail on the left rear, and let the part clamped by the hemostatic forceps stand still for about 15 minutes. After observing that the dog’s tail does not continue to bleed, release it. After returning home, the wound at the docked tail should be disinfected with iodophor daily to avoid infection and inflammation of the dog’s wound. Generally, the wound can be completely healed in about 7-10 days.
2. Valve core tail docking method
This method is to prevent the blood circulation and make the tail tissue necrotic and fall off.
First, cut a valve core to 1-2cm, and then pass a thin pen into the valve core, only use alcohol or iodophor to sterilize the dog’s tail root, use tweezers and The pen tube opens the valve core, put the tail into the valve core, and then shove the pen tube down, and the tail is finished.
It needs to be sterilized with iodophor at the binding area every day for about 5-7 days, and the remaining part of the tail will gradually shriveled, and will be necrotic and fall off after a few weeks.
Second, the best time for dog docking
dog docking The sooner the better, because the puppy’s tail is immature and the nerves are not fully developed. At this time, tail docking does not require anesthesia, the risk is less, and the tail docking process is not so painful. However, there are slight differences in the optimal time for tail docking between different breeds of dogs.
For example, poodles are generally tail docked around 3 days after birth, Schnauzers can do tail docking operations at about one week to two weeks old, and most other puppies are generally around 7 days old. time can end.
If the puppy is more than 1 month old, you cannot use cotton thread or valve core to dock the tail, because at this time the dog’s tail nerve has been basically developed, and it is easy to dock the tail by this method. produce severe pain.
Third, precautions for dog tail docking
1. Before docking a dog’s tail, be sure to make sure The dog is in good health;
2. The dog’s tail needs to be shaved before the operation, and the surgical site and surgical instruments should be disinfected; During operation, blood vessels should be ligated for hemostasis when tail docking;
