I have a senior pointer who breaks open a sore on the tip of his tail whenever he wags enthusiastically (read, very often!).

Polling you guys for ideas for wrapping a tail that actually stay on. 

Lab - have you tried gauze & vet wrap?  I love vet wrap - stick to itself and comes in a multitude of colors.  Just be sure not to wrap too tight. 

Is this a open sore that has to drain and dry out?  Then I wouldn't necisarrily wrap it tho.

This is a recurring skin break.  Pesky, messy, difficult to heal.  We'll go for a couple months no problem, then back to square one.  Maybe it's a pointer thing?  Or once a tail issue, always a tail issue. 

Not sure I want the moist gauze on it, but the vet wrap sounds good, if I can keep him from messing with it.

Lab - I'd put some gauze around the wound first  (as the actual bandage).  Vet wrap is kind of plasticy (if thats a word) and will just help keep the gauze in place.

Worth a try - thanks for the imput.  Might help with wall splatters, and coudn't hurt the wound either.

We tried for 2 months to bandage and heal our pointer's tail.  Finally had to amputate to about 3 inches.  It was bad for a couple of weeks with the lampshade on him and he was in pain to begin with.  After that everything went to normal and he is fine without the tail and we have no more bleeding from the sore.