r/Boxer • u/Certain_Set_7678 • 1d ago

Tails

Boxers with tails, do they ever injure them during a wiggle?

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u/VaalbarianMan 1d ago

My girl has a proper weapon of a tail but has never injured herself.

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u/Melancholoholic 1d ago

I've heard that dogs with more wirey tail types like Boxers are more prone to "Happy Tail Syndrome".

Anecdotally, my tailed Boxer hasn't had an issue in his nearly 8 years.

(Also, I love his tail. Definitely preferred)

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u/mohawkal 1d ago

I've had a bunch of boxers and they never hurt their tails. They knocked stuff over, and whipped people's legs, but never got hurt.

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u/punchingcustard 1d ago

Tyson has a full tail and has never injured himself. Me on the other hand? I’ve been whipped countless times in the face by that thing.

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u/Beautiful-Rent6691 1d ago

Oh yes. Google Happy Tail or Kennel Tail. Still worth it for my dude to have his tail though. He loves to swing it around.

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u/Boise_Ben 1d ago

Ours has never had issues with his intact tail and he wags it plenty.

Happy tail is a real thing but I can’t see why you’d do it as a preventative measure.

It feels like the aesthetic reason is the main one, even if people don’t say it.

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u/Wumaduce 1d ago

My pup hasn't hurt his tail, but his tail absolutely hurts people when he's happy.

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u/unreasonably_sensual 1d ago

Like most others here, ours hasn't ever gotten himself. Just occasional knocked over cups and whacks to my sack 😭

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u/DianaKLaRose 1d ago

Although their tails can make mischief,  at least Boxers don't have long nose to weaponize. My previous (non Boxer) dog would get impatient with me and use his nose to flip things onto the floor. Laptops, books, etc. Later he graduated to furniture!

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u/thrownkitchensink 1d ago

Never happened. Almost 9. Please also note that people fracture their arms but that's no reason to amputate. It's mostly cultural. Forbidden in many countries and not an issue we really talk about here. We did train her to be careful around furniture.

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u/oldfed 1d ago

Absolutely they will. My ex was arriving to pick up my kids and their dog, he split the end of his tail open on the computer desk when he saw her out the window. Took months to heal, we were almost ready to dock it but it finally started to heal properly. He kept re-injuring it.

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u/Knox_the_Boxer 1d ago

They definitely do and can injure those around them! My granddog has her tail and it swung at eye height with our senior dog. Poor Annie would bob and weave to try to avoid getting smacked in the eyes every day! It was awful. I won’t ever own one with a tail again. We love Megabyte, and couldn’t imagine her without a tail now, but it’s definitely done more harm than good. 😢

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u/ivanhoeshark 1d ago

Yes. We rescued two young adult males and one had his tail. After several months of him suffering multiple injuries and lacerations, we consulted our vet and amputation was recommended and done.

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u/spinrut 1d ago

do you see how hard to wiggle it when it's just a nub? lol

now imagine instead of a nub, it's a whip and every bit as derpy as the rest of the boxer

my friends golden will knock over small children/objects with his tail and not even blink an eye. I suspect a boxers tail would basically be the same

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u/Meadowlark8890 1d ago

Yes. All our boxers are rescues and they dock the tail if the puppies are born into rescue because apparently most of them will have happy tail issues in their lifetime