<human>: Hello all (I'm sorry, this is long!),

I would really appreciate any help.  Today I let my dog Homer Jay outside for an hour in our fenced in backyard and when I let him in he was yelping and crying in pain.  He was holding his tail in a way that it was a few inches from his body before it drooped steeply down, when normally (and when not wagging, which it seems to be 90% of the time) it is what I believe is called a whip tail.  When I tried to (very gently) touch his tail he yelped and tried to bite me.  He is obviously in a lot of pain.

I've been googling it and I believe it is something called Limber Tail Syndrome (I realize bringing him to the vet is the best option but they are closed now).  Yesterday he and I got sprayed with a skunk which resulted in a LOT of baths, the first one having to be ice cold well water due to the location of us getting sprayed in the countryside on my farm and the late hour.  One of the causes of Limber Tail Syndrome (which is guess is just a fancy word for injured tail) is a cold bath/an amount of abnormal tail wagging which both occurred due to the excitement of the skunk incident.

Has anyone had experience with this that could give me some insight?  I'm incredibly stressed because he is obviously in pain and he is hiding in my room when he normally gets somewhat stressed when left alone and follows me everywhere quite religiously.  He is acting very depressed.  He is a 2 year old, 60 pound pitbull mix, healthy weight and healthy in general, usually very active and happy (lots of tail wagging and kisses!)

Also, I checked very thoroughly for any scratches or bites from his play date with the pepe le pew and he seems fine in that aspect!  He is also vaccinated for rabies.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me.

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<bot>: Dog has a very painful tail and I believe this may be called Limber Tail Syndrome, looking for any insight, I'm very worried :(