[Flathead Fever]

My Belgian Malinois got hit by a pickup and her leg was hanging by just the skin. $11.000.00 later she is as good as knew and catching Frisbees again. My '34 pickup build got delayed by a couple years. That money would have finished it I can highly recommend Mallory's' veterinarian but he is expensive, and I don't know if he works on pot metal tails. You might just have to live with a greyhound with a cropped tail.

I found this Greyhound info but it's missing the words "Early Ford" and "pot metal".

My understanding is that greyhounds sometimes get so happy theybreak their tails smashing them against a wall or something. If that happens, the vet tends to amputate since it's painful and can't heal right. Google "greyhound happy tail" or the like and you'll find a lot of sites.

Tail cropping in racers is not common practice. It helps keep their balance (see cheetahs) at top speed. My guess is, like any other injury, it disqualified your grey from racing and they retired it. I love my Grey's tail. She sometimes whips me with it when she shakes water off after a bath but it fits her well.

Seriously, pot metal can be expertly welded or soldered I'm not sure which method they use. I've seen rare vintage Ford dealer license plate frames broken in pieces and repaired so well I could not tell they were repaired but it was like $400.00 for one frame. It would be cheaper to just buy another greyhound. But if it was original to the vehicle, I would want to save it too. You might drill the greyhounds' butt and tail with a dremel and put a small pin in it like a drill bit and epoxy it together. I don't remember how small those tails are.