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Question by Kat
Submitted on 8/10/2003
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My dog's name is Rocky and he's 4yrs old. Ever since we got him, his tongue is always poking out of his mouth. We have asked the vet and they say that its due to the fact that his lower jaw points outwards. Is this the case?

Answer by chimama
Submitted on 8/12/2003
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If you mean that the tip of his tongue is always sticking out a little bit, that's a normal thing, not to worry. Both of mine do that sometimes, it's a chihuahua thing. As long as your vet doesn't think Rocky needs surgery to repair his jaw, he'll be just fine.

Answer by someoledude
Submitted on 9/12/2003
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My 3pound Tina lets her tongue stick out the side of her mouth. My vet says that her tongue is too big for her. However she does not have a problem with it. So ,if it`s not broke them don`t fix it I have found that the smaller dogs seam to have this anomaly more often that the larger Chis

Answer by chimama
Submitted on 10/28/2003
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True, chihuahuas have been bred down to the size they are, and some body parts just can't be reduced any further. Eyes are one of those parts, so chihuahuas have large eyes, we've shrunk the dog around them Given that, it makes sense to me that tongues might also be affected that same way.

Answer by starz_n_guitarz
Submitted on 12/23/2004
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Chihuahuas are cute! :)

Answer by Hoya
Submitted on 12/26/2004
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Well what about big dogs my Grate dane Rocky has that problem too !

Answer by Eeyorepie
Submitted on 2/25/2007
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I have a 10 year - old bichon/poosie, and he actually just started sticking just the tip to an inch of his tongue out almost constantly. I noticed that he has 2 of his lower front teeth that are starting to lean forward, so from your answers above about the chihuahuas little jaws, I now have some peace of mind that it's probably just a matter of too big a tongue and teeth not straight enough top hold it in! Thanks.....

Answer by taylor
Submitted on 7/18/2007
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my dogs name is rocky he is a golden ritrever he loves my whole family and he is my #1!!!!!!!!!!!!lol

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