Pain in your dog's tail may result from a traumatic injury directly to the tail, Creighton says, but it can also crop up due to chronic conditions like arthritis, allergies, or anal gland issues.

One of the most ludicrous thoughts on this topic was that you would prevent it from getting rabies by docking the dog’s tail.

An curved arrow pointing right. A dog chasing its tail may be a sign of a direr issue. Like humans, dogs can suffer from a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, called canine compulsive disorder.

A stray dog found outside Dundalk had such horrific injuries that he “looked like he had jumped from the page of a gothic ...

The Scottish Government have conducted an extensive consultation which has provided evidence that enough working dogs are suffering serious tail injuries to make the case for the law being changed.