What dog lover doesn’t enjoy the sight of an exuberant pet’s vigorously wagging tail? The thing is, if the tail keeps smacking against walls, furniture, or other hard surfaces, the skin can break open at the tip. It bleeds, often with blood spraying all over. It’s also painful—and difficult to heal. Worse, it’s apt to keep recurring. Every time the wound scabs over, it easily opens up the next time the tail goes thumping against a firm surface. “We see cases like this a couple of times a month,” says Tufts emergency and critical care veterinarian Elizabeth Rozanski, DVM, who tends to cases at our Foster Hospital for Small Animals.
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