Injured Pet Dog Gets His Wag Back

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• Published: 12 Mar 2010 in Household and Home Insurance

A dog which "miraculously" survived after being struck by a train travelling at 80mph has begun wagging his tail again.

Tyler, a five-year-old Gordon Setter, suffered multiple injuries including a smashed pelvis and broken back leg after the incident at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, almost three years ago.

Following three operations, Tyler was almost back to full health - apart from not being able to move his tail, owner Leanne Hill said.

Mrs Hill, 41, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, said her pet began wagging his tail again after she found a new nutritional supplement to help with mobility in dogs.

"His tail just hung down to the left. It seemed dead," she said. "The vets were saying 'Do you want to get that tail removed?'

"But I didn't want to do that because we'd been through so much with him since the accident.

"Then, in about November, I noticed this new supplement, Yumove, which they said helped mobility in dogs.

"We started treating him and within a few weeks he was wagging his tail again."

She added: "It really was a miracle that he survived. You wouldn't think it possible. A railway worker told us that we'd probably never even find him."