Dog followed and cut short (9)
I believe the answer is:
curtailed
'cut short' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'dog followed' is the wordplay.
'dog' becomes 'cur' (I've seen this before).
'followed' becomes 'tailed' (I've seen this before).
'cur'+'tailed'='CURTAILED'
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for curtailed that I've seen before include "Made short" , "docked" , "Cut short" , "Clipped" , "Broken off" .)