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My dog's tongue tip is gone. Is it an emergency? What should I do?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Boxer | Female | spayed | 2 years and 8 months old | 80 lbs

My dogs tip of tongue is gone should i be worried

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 4th, 2018

It is hard to give you an assessment without knowing how much of the tongue is going. As long as your dog can drink and eat and there is no neccrosis or infection on the tongue where the tongue was injured, there should be no problem.

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