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Thanks again everybody. All of your support is greatly appreciated! We discussed her tail when I took her for her first vet check, and both my vet and I agreed that she should keep it because docking would definitely be for cosmetic reasons only. I love my baby, and I don't care that she has a tail... But now because of the issues with it - mainly how much she detests it! - we need to do it. I also worry about the accident thing - the hair on her tail is very long already... Because of the way that she carries it - off to the side as well as down - and her reaction to it, we wonder if it is too heavy for her, or if it is uncomfortable for her, or what. Something isn't right with it, that is for certain! I am very comfortable with my vet doing the docking. She specializes in surgery. When Jilly was spayed and wearing a soft e collar, she got depressed from being in the x pen (even though it was right at my side) and wouldn't eat. She was only two pounds at the time, so I took her in. My vet is one who literally sits on the floor to play with a new baby, and she decided that the e collar was too heavy for Jilly's little body. She took her downstairs and made her a "dress" out of stockinette so that she didn't have to wear the collar anymore. We have discussed the "flap" of skin being stitched around the bone so that there won't be a callous present, and I think it will all be okay - even though I will be a basket case until she is out of surgery and home with me!
Thanks again - I am appreciating the input, advice, and am very thankful for the good wishes! (On a side note, my kids always tell me - jokingly - that I never worried about them as much as I do these little bodies. LOL)
Nancy,
Sara, Manny, and soon-to be docked, Jilly