Smackey
Boxer Buddy
So the background: I got Marvel from a woman who rescued him and his brother from the inside of a dumpster. When she got them out and took them inside her house, they both still had the rubber bands around their tails from where they are been docked. When I picked Marvel up from her, she had already taken the rubber bands off, and showed them to me and my husband. My heart sank. It was literally a rubber band we use in every day life, like the kind that goes around a roller up newspaper.
Marvel has a slight ring around his tail, where it was embedded so deep. When we got him to the vet, they examined his tail and have come to the conclusion, even consulted a second vet, and told us that it looked like someone had just tied it off and chopped it off with a knife, butter's knife, or something of the sort. It WAS NOT done by a professional! Now, Marvel's vet is keeping a close eye on his tail, wondering if he will have any neurological damage. When he is full grown, they want to x-ray it, to see where exactly it was docked. She is hoping it was between the vertebrae, but can't tell just by looking at it.
Sadly, his poor little tail is still scabbed over, with some hair missing at the little end nub. He does NOT let anyone but me touch his tail, and I think it is only because I am the one that puts the medicine on the end to try and get the scab to heal. You can touch around his butt and the base of his tail, but other than me, no one is to mess with the rest.
I am a little worried because of how he is with his tail, I am just hoping whoever decided to do this to this poor little pup, rots in hell for possibly causing him more pain than ever should have. I wouldn't have even cared if he was left with his tail, I would still love him. If someone wants a tail docked, go to a professional! There was no sense in someone possibly harming a little pup even more.
I honestly don't know what to expect. With how sensitive he is with his tail, I am just hoping that they got it in the right spot and he won't have any major problems with it.
Marvel has a slight ring around his tail, where it was embedded so deep. When we got him to the vet, they examined his tail and have come to the conclusion, even consulted a second vet, and told us that it looked like someone had just tied it off and chopped it off with a knife, butter's knife, or something of the sort. It WAS NOT done by a professional! Now, Marvel's vet is keeping a close eye on his tail, wondering if he will have any neurological damage. When he is full grown, they want to x-ray it, to see where exactly it was docked. She is hoping it was between the vertebrae, but can't tell just by looking at it.
Sadly, his poor little tail is still scabbed over, with some hair missing at the little end nub. He does NOT let anyone but me touch his tail, and I think it is only because I am the one that puts the medicine on the end to try and get the scab to heal. You can touch around his butt and the base of his tail, but other than me, no one is to mess with the rest.
I am a little worried because of how he is with his tail, I am just hoping whoever decided to do this to this poor little pup, rots in hell for possibly causing him more pain than ever should have. I wouldn't have even cared if he was left with his tail, I would still love him. If someone wants a tail docked, go to a professional! There was no sense in someone possibly harming a little pup even more.
I honestly don't know what to expect. With how sensitive he is with his tail, I am just hoping that they got it in the right spot and he won't have any major problems with it.
