Post by workingdawg on Feb 29, 2004 19:03:15 GMT -5
here's some pics of some of our girl jenta
some of you may remember that in the last pics posted of her, she had a tail
you will immediately notice that in these new pics, she appears to have no tail, that would be a very correct observation. before rumors run rampant and tongues fall off from wagging (pardon the pun), here is the complete story behind her tail
when we acquired jenta in november 2003, she had already suffered the injury to her tail (we were told) approx 2 months prior to that. apparently her tail had been accidently slammed in the guillotine kennel door by her former owner. the full extent of the injury was not made known to us at this time, and we believed it to be a "bad scrape". well, needless to say, after she came home with us, we immediately began treating the wound, cleaning it every day, applying antibiotic ointment etc. the wound would heal to a certain stage, then it would break open again, (note: she is NOT a spinner or tail chaser), she would invariably smack her tail into something in her zest for life/work and break open the wound again. we took her to the vet in december and had the tail xrayed, there was no break in the bones, so we felt if we just stayed on our course of treatment and included some antibiotics from the vet this would resolve the issue for once and for all. after going for another 3-4 weeks of 2-3x daily wound cleaning/dressing etc, it still would only get so far in the healing process and it would be open again. at this point jenta began to show signs she was suffering some mild discomfort from this, and we made the decision to have the tail removed on january 28th,2004.
after the surgery, the vet explained that the tail was damaged much more than what we had initially perceived. there was severe nerve damage done, the nerves at the end of the tail looked essentially crushed and mangled from the door accident. since having the surgery, jenta is back to full steam, (actually she was the day after surgery) and appears to be making a complete and speedy recovery. the vet did explain to us how severe the damage was to the nerves and that the tail was essentially "dying" at the tip, this was not visible on xrays of course.
anyone who has had any experience with tail injuries know that they are difficult at best to heal, basically impossible when you get them on this magnitude. overall the vet was very pleased with jenta, said she was a lovely bitch with wonderful temperment. the incision site has healed over very nicely.
jenta has not slowed down in any way, not even the day after surgery. post op cbc's show no infection at all, so we are confident she will make a complete and full recovery, and so far she has.
if you have any questions regarding her pre and post op status, please feel free to ask ;D
these pics were taken just 2 days after the surgery:
and now for some action shots:
and finally, taken this weekend:
some of you may remember that in the last pics posted of her, she had a tail
you will immediately notice that in these new pics, she appears to have no tail, that would be a very correct observation. before rumors run rampant and tongues fall off from wagging (pardon the pun), here is the complete story behind her tail
when we acquired jenta in november 2003, she had already suffered the injury to her tail (we were told) approx 2 months prior to that. apparently her tail had been accidently slammed in the guillotine kennel door by her former owner. the full extent of the injury was not made known to us at this time, and we believed it to be a "bad scrape". well, needless to say, after she came home with us, we immediately began treating the wound, cleaning it every day, applying antibiotic ointment etc. the wound would heal to a certain stage, then it would break open again, (note: she is NOT a spinner or tail chaser), she would invariably smack her tail into something in her zest for life/work and break open the wound again. we took her to the vet in december and had the tail xrayed, there was no break in the bones, so we felt if we just stayed on our course of treatment and included some antibiotics from the vet this would resolve the issue for once and for all. after going for another 3-4 weeks of 2-3x daily wound cleaning/dressing etc, it still would only get so far in the healing process and it would be open again. at this point jenta began to show signs she was suffering some mild discomfort from this, and we made the decision to have the tail removed on january 28th,2004.
after the surgery, the vet explained that the tail was damaged much more than what we had initially perceived. there was severe nerve damage done, the nerves at the end of the tail looked essentially crushed and mangled from the door accident. since having the surgery, jenta is back to full steam, (actually she was the day after surgery) and appears to be making a complete and speedy recovery. the vet did explain to us how severe the damage was to the nerves and that the tail was essentially "dying" at the tip, this was not visible on xrays of course.
anyone who has had any experience with tail injuries know that they are difficult at best to heal, basically impossible when you get them on this magnitude. overall the vet was very pleased with jenta, said she was a lovely bitch with wonderful temperment. the incision site has healed over very nicely.
jenta has not slowed down in any way, not even the day after surgery. post op cbc's show no infection at all, so we are confident she will make a complete and full recovery, and so far she has.
if you have any questions regarding her pre and post op status, please feel free to ask ;D
these pics were taken just 2 days after the surgery:
and now for some action shots:
and finally, taken this weekend:
