My one year old pit bull bits his tail until it bleeds,this has been going on for 4 months please help?

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Take the poor dog to a vet! He may allergies or another condition that is irritating him. He needs medical attention.

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fleas, ticks, skin mites? Maybe it's a dryness condition (or even a fungus of some sort)?

If your dog isn't already on a anti-flea program (ie. advantage, frontline, etc.) then you might want to have him on it.

If it isn't fleas or dry skin, then try taking your dog to the vet. It'll be a somewhat expensive appointment, but atleast they'll help your dog out. Four months is WAY too long to let this sort of problem to persist.

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Get something that when the dogs goes to bite his tail his tail tastes bad-- so he'll stop biting it-- Like for cats they have some sort of product that when the cats go to scratch up the furnature its smells funny and they don't do it anymore b/c they don't like the smell-- a local pet store should carry it--- OR--- every time he bites his tail you say-- NOT SCREAM-- screaming promotes the behavior-- Bad-- and you squirt him with water--- and if he doesn't like the water, adventually he will notice that everytime he bites his tail he gets squirted.

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Has the vet seen him? He might have a skin irritation. It could even be fleas. My German Shepard bit his butt until it was raw when he was a puppy, but he grew out of it. So this might just be a phase too. The vet may be able to give you one of those cones that goes around your dog's head to keep him from biting himself. This will give your dog's tail time to heal and it might make your dog forget about biting his tail and break his habbit.

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mine is 3 yrs and does the same thing everyone says it's allergies but i can't figure out to what cause he does all year long. good luck cause i know how annoying it can be

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Has he been wormed? Sounds like worms to me. Get a de-wormer, see if it works or take him to the vet.

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i had a staffordshire bull terrier who was doing a similar thing with the base of her tail, we got her checked out and it turns out bull terrier breeds are prone to exema so get him checked out for that, its pretty easily dealt with by giving regular baths in a medicated shampoo, but definately get him looked at it could be a tick or skin mite infection that could lead to bigger problems.. hope this helps

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my dog was neglected before i got him and he became severely depressed when the previous owners left him in his crate all day and he chewed off 1/2 his tail during this time, i had him checked out for skin problems/mites/fleas...and the vet said the only explanation was depression, he has not done this since i took him in, but i never lock him in his crate and he gets constant attention, not quite an answer but thought that might be helpful!

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Wait until the most recent cuts heal and then put hot sauce on it. They really don't like the taste. If the cuts wont heal because he/she keeps biting wrap the tail in a bandage and put hot sauce on that.