do dogs bite thier tongues when they eat?

Answer 1

Maybe but I think it's rare for it to be a serious injury. Why do you ask? I've had dogs all my life and not once did any of them indicate that they had bit their tongue. I'm not sure how you'd tell. They can't tell you. I found this on the web, if you're interested:
A dog tongue is a large mass of muscle that is found at the base of the dog's mouth. Primarily, it organizes and manipulates food for chewing and swallowing. Like a human tongue, it is the primary organ of taste and it is somewhat neurolgically associated with smell. The surface of the tongue is covered with taste buds and it's kept loose and moist by saliva. It is well supplied with nerves and blood vessels, making it one of the most important muscles of the dog's body.
In addition to lapping up water and food, a dog's tongue is a heat regulator. That is, when a dog runs around and gets hot, the tongue hangs out to cool them down. Most people don't know this, but a dog's tongue actually gets larger during exercise due to increased blood flow. In turn, when a dog pants, the dog's entire body is cooled off through evaporation.
How does this work exactly? The tongue gets larger and the dog will pant. These quick and shallow breaths will cause the wet dog tongue to evaporate moisture which in turn cools the dog's tongue. As blood flows through the tongue, the blood is cooled off. It is then transported to the rest of the body, which helps decreases the dog's body temperature.

If a dog should seriously bite his tongue--and this would be highly rare--then it would bleed a lot, most likely.

Answer 2

The dogs my in-laws have do! They have all Pugs and the father of all the pups has the longest tongue! A lot of times he has trouble eating and picking up toys. He snorts and screeches when he breathes and it's worse when he's sleeping! It's almost as if he were given a large dogs' tongue by mistake! As for other breeds, I've never noticed any problems with biting their tongues, except for maybe when they get too excited or eat to fast like humans do!

Answer 3

Well, mine did. In the past I have owned many big dogs. Great Danes and English mastiffs (the ones I owned) constantly were biting their tongues while eating or playing. But now that I think about it, I don't ever remember my little dogs biting theirs. I think that the size definitely comes into play.

Answer 4

I don't know. Humans do it, I don't see why it wouldn't happen to dogs too

Answer 5

I'm sure it happens at times, especially if they are ravenous, or clumsy.

Answer 6

my dog doesnt but does yours

Answer 7

Yes, they do.

Answer 8

No more so than you do.

Answer 9

no

Answer 10

i don't think so