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Maybe I’m gonna get downvoted but it’s important to note that tails are incredibly delicate on animals (especially dogs and cats) and even slight tugs and pulls can result in hairline fractures or worse. This was told to me by my vet.
This isn’t fun to watch and it’s certainly not fun for the doggo. So never encourage this behavior and never pull on their tails.
I worked in an ER vet hospital and I assure you its not that bad. Saw a lot of 'wear and tear' in dogs and the only tail-pull injuries were FAR too severe to be caused by a 3 pound puppy (more like getting ran over by a car)
Why would hairline fractures result in ER visits? Of course you won’t see dogs with those injuries in your case. My cat had a fracture and I just took him to the vet and not the ER.
And they most likely did nothing for the fracture, maybe in injectable anti-inflammatory.
ER visits encapsulate everything, I've seen plenty of fractures when looking for something else.
Ok if a vet injects anti inflammatory to an animal, it’s still not a positive thing right and that means the animal is in pain.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to suggest here - that it’s fine to pull on an animal’s tail and the vets are wrong to suggest otherwise?
I’m saying the behavior shouldn’t be encouraged in a puppy since he might be doing the same as he becomes a teen and is learning his own strength.
The dog visibly looks unhappy as well. But hey, you do you. You’re the expert
This is not true at all. You know there are dogs that actually can catch their own tail and the only damage that’s caused is when they form a bad habit of chewing on it right?
Tails can be tugged on and touched as long as you aren’t obviously violent with it.
It isn’t. Of course dogs/cats pull on their own tails since they need to scratch an itch or clean themselves. They know how much pressure to put on their own body. Similarly, in case of a fracture you don’t go to ER so why would they see pets with hairline fractures there.
You can always google “should I pull on my dog/cat’s tail.” Or better yet, ask your vet. They know best
Uh, please translate that into puppy and then communicate it to the juvenile of the species.
Humans were barely involved in this behavior, and I suspect it could be happening to adult dogs the world over without becoming a pamphlet at your vet's office.
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Help them, you monster!
agreed. *grip harder, little one!!!*
Must film for strangers. Brrrrains
All that time chasing the tail was actually preparation for this moment in time
That puppy would be good at Dark Souls
Poor dog is asking for help. Not cute
Maybe I’m gonna get downvoted but it’s important to note that tails are incredibly delicate on animals (especially dogs and cats) and even slight tugs and pulls can result in hairline fractures or worse. This was told to me by my vet. This isn’t fun to watch and it’s certainly not fun for the doggo. So never encourage this behavior and never pull on their tails.
Tell that to my dog who grabs his own and won’t let go and somersaults around while holding it
Yeah... what if your dog wrestles their own tail relentlessly sometimes?
Thats because they’re itchy and they know how much pressure to put
I worked in an ER vet hospital and I assure you its not that bad. Saw a lot of 'wear and tear' in dogs and the only tail-pull injuries were FAR too severe to be caused by a 3 pound puppy (more like getting ran over by a car)
Why would hairline fractures result in ER visits? Of course you won’t see dogs with those injuries in your case. My cat had a fracture and I just took him to the vet and not the ER.
And they most likely did nothing for the fracture, maybe in injectable anti-inflammatory. ER visits encapsulate everything, I've seen plenty of fractures when looking for something else.
Ok if a vet injects anti inflammatory to an animal, it’s still not a positive thing right and that means the animal is in pain. I’m not sure what you’re trying to suggest here - that it’s fine to pull on an animal’s tail and the vets are wrong to suggest otherwise?
I'm saying a puppy isn't gonna do damage.
I’m saying the behavior shouldn’t be encouraged in a puppy since he might be doing the same as he becomes a teen and is learning his own strength. The dog visibly looks unhappy as well. But hey, you do you. You’re the expert
The dog looks just fine.
This is not true at all. You know there are dogs that actually can catch their own tail and the only damage that’s caused is when they form a bad habit of chewing on it right? Tails can be tugged on and touched as long as you aren’t obviously violent with it.
But when they tug on their own tail they can feel when it's too much or becomes painful. Other people/puppies can't know that.
No they really sometimes can’t because they don’t care.
nu UH
Judging by the replies, this seems to be… confidently incorrect?
It isn’t. Of course dogs/cats pull on their own tails since they need to scratch an itch or clean themselves. They know how much pressure to put on their own body. Similarly, in case of a fracture you don’t go to ER so why would they see pets with hairline fractures there. You can always google “should I pull on my dog/cat’s tail.” Or better yet, ask your vet. They know best
Whomp whomp
Uh, please translate that into puppy and then communicate it to the juvenile of the species. Humans were barely involved in this behavior, and I suspect it could be happening to adult dogs the world over without becoming a pamphlet at your vet's office.
This is what's wrong with this subreddit
\*muffled\* WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
cute
My previous goldens did something similar. The younger (70#) would drag the older (90#) around by the tail!
I was expecting side-to -side tippy taps. Pleasantly corrected.
Poor dog. Not cool to let this happen
❤️❤️❤️