There are several reasons why dogs have their tails docked. Corgis generally have their tails docked. So how should you dock the tail of a Corgi and what should you pay attention to?

1: There are many dogs with long tails, and the purpose of short tails is to reduce injuries

2: The needs of work, the inconvenience the long tail will cause to work

3: Special requirements and beauty of dog breeds

If a dog needs to have its tail docked, the younger the better. My personal opinion is that you can start tail docking on the third day after birth, because the younger the dog is, the pain center of the puppy has not yet developed well, so the surgery should be performed at that time. It would be better if the operation can be performed without general anesthesia. The method is: the surgical area is trimmed and disinfected, and local infiltration anesthesia is performed. The assistant fixes the tail and keeps it in a horizontal position. The surgeon uses a surgical knife to make a circular incision in the skin at the anatomical tail according to the requirements of the dog breed, then pushes it upward 1-2 cm under the skin and cuts it off at the joint. Ligate the blood vessels and after sufficient hemostasis, suture the skin flap and then disinfect it with iodine.

Five 17-day-old Schnauzers who had just opened their eyes had to undergo tail-docking surgery because their owners failed to tie their tails with a rubber band. The same method was used for three Corgi puppies whose eyes had not opened for 7 days Inflammation, and 2 Yorkies were also inflamed. All of the above were re-surgeries, and the prognosis is very good. Personal summary of tail docking surgery 1: Use a rubber band to tie the tail. First of all, it may not be tied well, allowing the rubber band to move and cause friction and inflammation. Then, if the female dog adds it, the wound will be more susceptible to inflammation. 2: Some puppies are finished. After the operation, because the doctor did not bandage the wound well, the lines were licked off by the bitch, causing the wound to split and had to be sutured again.

My personal opinion is that the owner should not handle it by himself. It is best to take it to a professional doctor for surgery. After the surgery, the doctor should bandage the wound to prevent it from being inflamed by the bitch, prevent the stitches from coming off, and do not let the wound get wet. The stitches will be removed 7 days after the surgery.