I have a beautiful 1/2 year old girl here who is eating the hair on her tail off. No skin problems and the rest of her coat is thick and shiny. She loves to chase her tail and catch it and when she does she strips the hair off it. I put her in with a young male thinking she needed a playmate. She does it anyway to entertain him! I hate to put a plastic collar on her and I bet she could do it anyway as she is so agile. I am thinking about bandaging it but not sure what to use. Any ideas? Maybe something that tastes awful on it? It would be a good time now as it is cold and not raining. The only other thing I could do is keep her in the house all the time. Any ideas are appreciated... other than sell her to the many that offered to do that in St. Louis. Joan ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================