The Golden Retriever has a painful gangrenous tail 1/5
1,815 views · Published 9 March 2014 · 1:34 · Indexed 7 October 2026
Channel: Dr David Sing · 2014 · Pets & Animals
The dog has had walked over 30 minutes in the afternoon sun and was panting non-stop on arrival. Sunday Mar 9, 2014 was a very hot day. The gangrenous tail had dried up from a black stump to a greyish dead piece about to break. The dog had been licking it to relieve his pain and bites the owner who tried to clean it after it had been cut and stitched by Dr Daniel more than 3 weeks ago and sent home. The owner did not want amputation and therefore the tail wound was stitched up but the owner was unable to clean it as the dog would bite him. The tail end became infected and then gangrenous. On this Sunday March 9, 2014, the owner had opted for antibiotics instead of amputation. This would be the incorrect decision but that was what the couple wanted. "The toxins from the gangrenous tail has spread upwards," I advised the husband. "The dead tissues contain bacteria which will travel to the good part of the tail to infect it and cause serious illness." "This Golden Retriever bites," Dr Daniel told me as I booked the dog in for surgery after the couple decided on this course of action. "Golden Retrievers rarely bite," I replied. "He bites to prevent anyone touching his very painful infected gangrenous tail."
More from this channel
-
5:37
Cystitis in Dogs
-
2:58
FIV in Stray Cats
-
1:11
Video 5. Anaesthesia & Surgery of hamster - shoulder tumour excised
-
1:50
VET CASE: Day 2 after right shoulder tumor removal, hamster is actively eating.
-
0:12
The dwarf hamster has a large groin tumour - 16 hrs post op - Part 2
-
0:43
A Roborovski has a large swelling below the ear - Part 2- after abscess lancing
-
7:57
Diagnosing what causes this Fox Terrier to hop on 3 legs - Part 1
-
2:06
The itchy 6-year-old Pom has skin disease again - Part 3. Skin tumours