Happy Tail

We are back to Georgia after a great visit to Utah for Christmas and the New Year! (Pictures coming soon) The first thing we did when we got back, before we even went home, was went and got Raider. I was so happy to see him.

When I first got him I noticed the white fir on the tip of his tail was really red. The closer I looked at it I realized it was bleeding. After watching it for about a week I realized it was from him wagging his tail in his kennel. After I did some research I found out that when dogs tails bleed from hitting something too hard it its called 'Happy Tail.'

We made a quick trip to the store and when we got back I let Raider out of his kennel. He was jumping around and wanting to play. I noticed there was blood all over my arms. I got him to calm down and noticed that even when he would stand in one spot, blood was dripping from his tail. It had never bled this bad before! I called Dillan in and he wrapped a wash cloth around his tail and duct taped it in place. I know, maybe not the best thing for it but it was the only thing we had right at the moment. After a few hours the blood was coming through the wash cloth! I was so worried about him. We took the wash cloth off. Which consisted of cutting the duct tape off his fur :( and thankfully his tail had stopped bleeding.

Poor Puppy!