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Hey guys I've come to the decision that I'm going to leave well enough alone for the moment. Thanks for all your advice, but while the tail is still wagging it's going to stay. As Puggles said ' better the devil you know'. Thanks again guys, will let you know IF anything else happens.

;) OMG!!!! Steve is that how it was after the surgery or did your dog have complications e.g infection.

Sorry don't have digital camera, may be able to ask someone who has. No,there's not much feeling there. The Vet done a pinch test and had to exert a fair bit of pressure before my dog even turned round to look at the him, then it was a look of curiosity not pain.

Yes the tail has been tested, no it doesn't hang limp just bends and kinks. The look of the tail does not worry me, it's the possibility that major damaged may occur at some stage. If that happens I'm going to feel as guilty as hell that I didn't do something sooner.

If it's taken off it will be a bit shorter that docked Y's tail but a bit longer than that of a docked Dob's tail. Hey thanks Toohey, I never thought that if the tail has a lack of feeling the pain after surgery may be less, something to ask the Vet.

Have spoken to the breeder and was advised to get rid of it. Really worried bout the surgery, does anyone know how long it for the dog to recover? I've heard it can be really painful for the dog, also that it can throw the dogs balance out cause the tail acts like rudder when they turn.

Spoke to 2 Vets after the second break, one seemed a bit reluctant to give me an answer, just said about how much paper work there is to do if it is removed, the other said NO! Going back to the Vet this week need advice in cause I have to make a decision.

I know this is a very touchy subject but I need some advice. I have a Weimaraner with a tail which is here nor there to me, BUT, the tail is now broken in 4 places. The tail does not seem to be painful but it does have a lack of feeling in it. Do I leave the tail on and hope that major damage isn't done due to lack of feeling or have it taken off, which I'm worried about due to it being an amputation and major surgery, also the flack I'll end up getting.