I adopted a 2 year old Cocker Spaniel. She has a long tail that is causing her challenges. She has challenges urinating given her tail is continually in her way. She can lift her tail up into a horizontal position. Yet her tail becomes a mess. I have attempted trimming her tail. She also continually bites her tail.

Should I consider having her tail docked?

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

A cockers tail can only be docked when it is a few days old. What you are looking at now is amputation as a surgical procedure. Unless she is actually injuring her tail by banging it by wagging and/or getting it caught up in undergrowth - then a vet is unlikely to want to perform an amputation when trimming it will suffice.

You say she continually bites her tail - whereabouts on her tail and have you and/or a vet checked to see all is well?

hth

Pam n the boys

If she is biting the base of her tail, she could possibly need her anal glands emptying.
You should take her along to your vet just for a check over.

as a person who had also given a cocker girl with a tail a home recently I know too that the tails can get messy, but she has her tail now thats the way she is.... just trim it and clean it...its what I do :D I dont know enough about the biting of tail part sorry my Jessie doesn't bite hers thankfully

in the past I've seen my dogs bite their tails and it was due to fleas ?