[JMS Ky Kennels]

My female Bell has always bled from her tail while hunting but it’s gotten worse to the point of causing her a lot of pain while pulling a 8-10 hour hunt. She is almost 3 years old. Is it too late to band/dock her tail. Please explain how to do so if it’s not.

 

[Marshall Rowley]

I banded my weir creek when he was almost three..
He hunted like a new dog after...

Circle talked and walked me though it..


It took about 3 weeks to fall off ...

It's a good thing to do... I would do it if I were you

 

[Marshall Rowley]

My female Bell has always bled from her tail while hunting but it’s gotten worse to the point of causing her a lot of pain while pulling a 8-10 hour hunt. She is almost 3 years old. Is it too late to band/dock her tail. Please explain how to do so if it’s not.

Get you a bag of castration bands from tractor supply.

Find a knuckle( should feel like a dip between two bumps in the tail bone )right below the problem area. Slide the band on to the knuckle..
Make sure you get it in that dip..

Circle told me how to take a PVC pipe and use it to get the band on the tail...
Think it was a 1 inch pipe about 5 inches long... I cut the end of it at an angle to slide the band on and off..

My dogs tail is roughly 6.5 to 7 inches now...I knocked off a good 2.5 to 3 inches... right below the tore up bloody part.

Hope this helps

 

[Curnel]

I’ve not done one that old but see no issue with it mine was about 18 months so he had a full grown tail and it couldn’t be any easier.
It wasn’t my idea but someone posted instructions that I followed . I clipped hair where I wanted it , took a piece of 1in pvc cut an angle on 1 end to roll band up on it , slid over tail and rolled band off the other end between joints. She’ll probably chew at it for a few minutes then won’t even notice it.
And like Marshall said brand new dog after that . All of mine have bloody tails but don’t seem as bad as his was , when he got to point he had to stop and chew on it ever so often it had to go

 

[Curnel]

Sorry Marshall must of been typing at the same time , I took mine to 4 inches he can sure wiggle that stub lol

 

[marshall dillon]

I did my 3 of my Blackcreek females when they were around 2 years old and like the other Marshall said it improved their comfort level greatly . They would get so bloody on their sides that it would look like they had been shot and 1 of them would stop and lick her tail all day . I do all of my Blackcreek dogs when they are puppies now unless they are going to a pet home . It took about 14 days for mine to fall off .

 

[TaterNort]

Can you run them during the process?
How do you keep it from having a "ball" on the end of the tail that I have seen so have?

 

[Marshall Rowley]

Can you run them during the process?
How do you keep it from having a "ball" on the end of the tail that I have seen so have?

I ran mine the whole time....

If you get the band in the dip part of the knuckles it should be good

 

[Seark]

I ran mine the whole time actually the last one I did fell off in my dog box.Just cut the hair back about and 1-1/2” and roll the band until it settles in a joint and they want even notice it in an hour. I’ve done it probably 100 times for different people on boxers ,beagles ,cur blue healers fiest we even done coyotes before we put them in a running pen.

 

[JMS Ky Kennels]

Im going to try it cause she still hasn’t healed up from this hunt and there is about a 2-3 inch scab that get tore right back off every time we go.

 

[JMS Ky Kennels]

Anyone have a picture of the correct bands to use?

 

[marshall dillon]

She needs it done , she will be a lot happier hunting .

 

[Circle4p]

JMS send me your # and I’ll help ya out buddy.

 

[Seark]

Any feed store will have them.

 

[Swampman]

Be sure to pull her tail skin towards her body before sliding the band on and make sure you have the band between joints as well. This will allow excess skin to go over the new tip of her tail when it falls off otherwise you could end up with bone sticking out.

 

[jeffro]

Green castration band is the correct size

 

[Foxxy]

My female Bell has always bled from her tail while hunting but it’s gotten worse to the point of causing her a lot of pain while pulling a 8-10 hour hunt. She is almost 3 years old. Is it too late to band/dock her tail. Please explain how to do so if it’s not.

Ky- how is the tail docking coming along? Is the band working? I want to see before, during and after pictures. JMO

 

[GraceFulLaine Farms]

Wondering if anyone had issues with there beagles pulling the bands off? Ive put 4 on this far. Longest it stayed on was while I was running her about 5hrs not a drop of blood. Then next day it was off.Now ive got a black 1” tip and raw 3”..Im ready to talk w a vet to see how much it will cost to get it taken care of. Thanks in Advance

 

[STX Deerhound]

I put a band on mine and cut it right behind the band Make sure band is in a joint I’m probably extreme but I take about 1/3 of tail off. I’ve done this all the way to about 6 months old

 

[Spini Boys]

Lamb bands is what you want, the small ones. Make sure to get between the bone joint.