The Dog's Tongue

We usually sees a dog's tongue licking its owner or lapping up food and water. But do you know that the dog's tongue is the most important part of its body. It serves as an essential heat regulator. When dogs exercise, their tongues becomes larger and due to increased blood flow usually hang out of the mouth. Thus, when a dog pants, it's actually cooling the dog's entire body. The dog's quick shallow breaths cause moisture on the tongue to evaporate thus cooling the tongue that in turn cools the blood flow through the tongue and the respiratory system.

Common tongue injury may occur with dogs that chew on wood an this may lead to getting a splinter. Get him to a vet that can help you remove it.

It's funny as some of the time, accidents like these ones below do happen!!!

I snipped my dog's tongue
"I was cutting the hair on my dog's face and when he went out to lick, I accidentally snipped a tiniest bit of his tongue. It was horrible, he's bleeding of course...."

Dog loses tongue to Chew Toy
"Chai, a 10-year-old Lab mix, was playing with a Four Paws pimple ball with bell, when his tongue got stuck in the hole in the ball. He had to be taken to the vet to have the ball removed because his tongue was so swollen. Eventually his tongue had to be amputated, making it very difficult for him to eat and drink."

Dog Gets Tongue Caught in Shredder
"He was hovering over the shredder and I kept trying to push him away and he stuck his tongue out. I still shudder just thinking about it. The shredder makes noise, the dog goes to check it out, he sniffs it and licks it, and his tongue starts feeding through the shredder."