Posted by Debra on August 31, 1998 at 11:17:23:
In Reply to: Tail chasing and tail biting-what can be done? posted by Mary Ellen on July 29, 1998 at 18:53:56:
> We have had several rescued Pekingese that we have placed only to be
> returned to us because they continually chase their tail and/or bite
> the tail inflicting a large sore area. We had one Peke that in order
> to place it the tail portion had to be amputated.
> Any suggestions?
I adopted a peke from my local shelter that had the same problem. She
chewed her tail to the point of bleeding. Like you, we had a portion
amputated and that helped since she couldn't reach it any more. The only
thing that I found that seems to make a difference was stability. When
her surrounding were constant, and I didn't move her around alot. I was
a teenage just starting out on my own, and I moved around alot. The longer
I lived somewhere the better she seemed to be. I had her for 12 years and
for the last 4 or so years she had completely stopped doing it.
Debra