Oral Injuries in Dogs

We were grooming our dog and she nicked the side of her tongue on some scissors. We were able to stop the bleeding with ice but she continued to lick her paws and now she’s bleeding again. Because she’s old and due to previous medical history, we know the vet won’t risk sedating her to stitch the cut. Should we take her in for antibiotics alone or is there anything else the docs can do for her?

My pup is fed on raw, I say pup but he’s 3 years old. He must’ve eaten a big chunk of bone as he’s just now come in and started chomping on his teddy and I noticed faint blood all over it. I’ve pulled open his mouth to have a look and he’s got 2 grazes at the top of his mouth, on his hard palette. They look pretty sore. But he’s fine in himself, do I need to rush to a vets or with them being on the roof of his mouth will they heal over? I know cuts in the mouth heal quite well... also is there anything I can give him to help to heal them and/or soothe them????

11yr old Jack Russel/Beagle. She has continuous scabbing on the side of her mouth where her teeth tough her bottom lip. First it scabs, the scab get torn off it bleed, then it scabs again. There are no growths in the area so I dont think it is oral papilloma.

I have a 7mo old Lab/Shepard mix with pure black coat. Obviously he’s a very consistent and vigorous chewer so he has plenty of dog bones and chew toys. His favorite are Rib bones however i’ve Noticed a light pinkish patch on the left side of his upper lip. Doesn’t seem to be a medical issue but I’m curious to know if it has to do with chewing regularly on that side of his mouth. It’s his preferred side to chew and his bone will usually rub against that area. Should I be concerned about it or do anything for it?

Hello, my puppy Marzipan was playing around while I was filling up a kiddy pool. I was using a pressure washer attachment so it could reach the spot the kiddy pool was in. It doesn't actually come out that pressurized. More of a mist than anything.
Well, she suddenly took a hold of the end of the attachment and it seemed like some of it went into her mouth, but I pulled it out immediately. She yelped, and it looked like she was bleeding in her mouth and she was slightly coughing. Not heavily but enough for me to hear it and be concerned.
However, when I checked her mouth as much as she would let me, (she hates anyone being in her mouth at any time, she pulls away) I couldn't see anything and she went back to playing as normal and I didn't see anything else.
Do you think she will be okay? Or should I take her to the vet?

Dog walker let my dog retrieve a stick, after advising against it. Stick went through soft palate. About 2 inches of soft palate were left hanging and a gaping hole was left under that. Had to see a specialist, have a cat scan and endoscope and be debrided and sutured up with dissolvable sutures. 2 weeks antibiotics and pain meds. He is still having a hard time eating. My question is how long will it take for the sutures to dissolve, its been 16 days?
This is why dogs should not play with sticks!!

We are going through the polar vortex right now and we're in the Midwest. 2 nights ago he went out to play for 20 min and came back with patches of skin missing from tip of his tongue, with a little bleeding around the patches. And last night we found a bruise under his tongue. I'm thinking it's from the cold, but is there anything I can do about it? Or is it actually a serious condition? He's peeeerfctly fine! We coconut oil his paws nose n coat especially with the cold. He even licks his oil container and eats a little on it's own... I just don't know what to do about the tongue.
Thanks

Today, my shih tzu puppy, Hedwig (Wiggy) started bleeding in her mouth. I don't know how it happened, I just found her like that. I tried to stop the bleeding by wiping away the blood, and shes been like this for a few hours. I'm not positive, but it seems like a puncture or something in her mouth. She is acting pretty tired right now, and I was wondering if this should be a major concern? Also, how can I stop the bleeding?

I was playing fetch with a stick with my dog, Seamus, and when I threw the stick, he obviously chased it. The stick rebounded as he bit into it and shot up hard into his mouth. As soon as it hit him, he ran off and laid down, putting his face into his paws. We came inside, and he refused to take a drink, eat, let us touch anywhere near his mouth, or open his mouth. I took him into my room and cuddled with him, and he seems like he was chewing on something, when I went to go see, he got up and left. I looked back at where he was laying down, and saw a bloody drool mark on the floor. I’m very concerned, as he also is not his happy, excited, crazy self he normally is. He is quiet, cuddly, calm, and is laying down, away from any human in the house, which is very very different from his regular behavior. My grandfather, the real owner of my dog, is putting off going to the vet, and I’m wondering if I should convince him to?

My labrador was playing fetch when the stick stuck into the ground, as you can imagine the stick managed to cut him somewhere on the back of the throat. There was blood and he did yelp at the time. It stopped bleeding fairly quickly, however I cannot determine the location of the wound, it's either roof of mouth by the back of tongue or near the back of the throat. He walked home well, running to the pond and to see other dogs, but then became more subdued. Since arriving home he is very quiet and clearly in pain, he is keeping his mouth closed and not playing at all. He did eat his food, however. Should I be concerned? We missed our local vets, they were just closing as I rang and were unwilling to wait 5 minutes. Around 10 mins after hurting himself he was sick, there was a fair bit of blood. He does tend to freak out and overreact when Hurting so it is difficult to tell how he is. I'm guessing that a cut to the mouth is rather painful, maybe this is why he's so subdued?

Last night, my dog was in a minor scuffle with another dog at the dog park. I checked her out and there was no bleeding and she didn't seem to be in any pain, but this morning the area was very swollen and she wouldn't let me touch her mouth or the surrounding area. She has foul breath and is almost constantly licking her lips. When she tries to yawn, she can't open her mouth all the way. She seems to be eating and drinking fine, but I'm still worried. I don't have the funds to take her to the vet right now, but I still want to make sure she's ok.

my intact(only because she has a heart murmur) female mixed breed started doing very dark brown & slimy, watery poops on Sunday night. i gave her some charcoal because i've used it in the past whenever one of my dogs eats something dumb, in retrospect i guess i shouldn't have but anyway I did and sometime between 2am-9am monday she threw up her food from sunday morning(i only feed 1x day)that looked pretty undigested for how long it had been in her belly.monday am i fed her normal food but only 1/3 of what she normally gets, to go easy on her. she slept all day.tuesday am she was very slow to get up and move and seemed a bit unsteady.took her to the only vet (i live on a small island&vet doesnt even live here,he commutes from another island&is only open on tues&thurs) and of course she perked up in anticipation of treats and was almost her normal lively self,all they did at vet was take her temp 100.9 weighed her 59lbs -normal took a fecal sample and supposedly that didnt show any worms or anything but he didn't take the time to say what all he had tested for.so he injected prednisone&an antibiotic and gave me tablets to start the next day.i expected an improvement by that evening but she was still the same and had also lost her appetite, so i havent been able to start her on the tablets.this morning she drank a good amount of water and then threw up two biley pools of water.today she has been the same,i've been trying to entice her with favorite foods with not much succes(she's been on a raw diet bc of grain allergies for well over a year now &this has been the first time she's had digestive issues since i made the switch,so i was trying chicken gizzards at first, then some mahi fish fillet cut in very small chunks, chicken breast done the same, egg, and even papaya, her all time favourite)may i mention this dog has never refused food before in her 7 years, her appetite didn't disappear this bad even when she had tick fever a few years ago, but she's still drinking water.you can just see the pain in her eyes.so today on my lunch hour i went and found some holistic grain free beef canned food and tried that and she wouldnt eat it out of the bowl but would lick it off my fingers.she also refused the goat milk i offered but drank a small syringe full when i offered it that way. so i started paying closer attention to her mouth(nothing lodged in her teeth that i can see) but her gum is bleeding and there is a light discoloration on either side of the underneath of her tongue, almost thrush looking. she's a bit perkier when i got home from work this afternoon but still only takes the canned food in very small amounts from my fingers.pooped this evening&it was a solid turd followed by the runs. i'm at my wits end trying to figure this out on my own and i cant afford to keep going to a vet that just gives a broad spectrum treatment &sends you on your way.if i have some possible diagnoses to go to him with i have a good chance of figuring this thing out, i think. or should i continue the canned food a la hand regimen until she finally eats enough to give her the meds? i'm so confused right now, i know she needs meds but her poor stomach is so weak right now,sometimes i can hear it gurgling&growling, that i fear medicating her on what tiny bit she has in her belly will do more harm than good.so far she hasn't vomitted since sometime in the early AM hours today(some of the fish from last night&neckbones from chicken necks she ate yesterday AM before vet-vertebrae were all separated so i know she at least partially digested them)sorry for rambling but i wanted to give as much info as possible.thanks in advance for ANY advice would really appreciate it!! PS there hasnt been any blood in her vomit or stool that i can see

2 days ago my dog attacked our puppy out of nowhere, today I noticed back tooth roots and all have been pulled from gum and is still attached side of gum. gum is also torn and hanging. Have called 4 vets no one has any openings available, waiting on emergency clinic to call back. My vet would not prescribe any antibiotics even after seeing the pictures but I’m worried she will get an infection. Do you think they can stitch her gums after a few days or is it too late.

I'm dog sitting for my cousin, and yesterday their dog got in a fight with mine. He bit my dog on the lower jaw and his tooth found its way into my dog's gums right behind his front teeth. There was a lot of blood but it's no longer bleeding today and there's a small 1-2mm gash behind his tooth now with a skin (gum) flap. Because the gums behind his tooth is gashed, his tooth is wobbly and loose now. Is it going to fall out, or can his gums heal over it? Do I need to bring him to the vet? The wound is clean and doesn't look infected or swollen/inflamed.

Two days ago Max had bad breath as if he had eaten rotten meat. I bathed him to see if the bad smell improved, but it did not improve. I started giving him some new food last week, so I thought it was the new dog food that made his stomach sick. Today I made him a chicken broth with rice. He ate fine. Then I decide to check his mouth and I saw that he had wool in his gums and where he had it was inflamed and stinks rotten. What can I use to clean his gum until I wait for the vet appt?

Cut side of my dogs tounge with scissors trying to groom him. He was bleeding but not very heavy. Not sure what to do since I do not want it getting infected. Tries to play but can tell he is in pain

My dog (22months) spends a couple of days a week with a group of dogs and came home today with a tiny tear on her lip. She doesn't appear in pain, ate without incident. She is up to date with vaccinations. Should I be concerned about possible infection?

My dog had a sand spur stuck on his paw and bit it to get it off. In doing so, a thorn broke off and is now stuck in his tongue. I can feel it, but can’t see it, and of course can’t get him to keep his mouth open long enough to try to get it out. Does he need to go to the emergency room or will it likely work it’s way out? He has eaten since then, and doesn’t seem to be too bothered by it.

Yesterday my 17 month old dog tried to sniff through the gates of another house and got bitten by the Dog. When we showed the vet, he said that if the other dog has his vaccinations in place (which the owner says he does), then there is no need to take any shots. I'm a bit concerned and want to cross check. Does she actually need any shots today?

P.S. my dog has a cut on his cheek and inner lip. But he ate his food fine and is behaving normally. Anything I should do for him as well? It's been a day and a white layer has formed over the wound inside his mouth. But there is a foul smell coming from his mouth.

My dog was bitten on his face by another dog yesterday. At first we just thought it was as one minor scratch on the front of his face but when I went to touch us jowel, he winced and pulled away. Under his lip was another scratch that was causing his lip/jowel to swell and become tender. We’ve tried icing the area but he’s not a fan. It’s started to form white across the wound that seems to be a scab forming but it’s just so wet in there I don’t know if it’s the healing process or an infection.

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While walking my dog she hurt her throat with a stick which got stuck in the ground . I don’t think there was any stick left in her throat and she didn’t bleed but she did seem to have scratched her back of the throat on the right side of the mouth. She’s now drooling on that side and just laying down quietly. What should we do ?

My dog had a collision with another dog and has torn his lip away from his gum on one side. There was a lot of blood at the time but this has since rescinded and both gum and lip appear ok, no sign of infection (it happened yesterday). His lip would normally be joined to his gum just behind his canine, now his face looks drooped on one side as if he has had a stroke. Is there anything that can be done for this, should anything be done for this? He does not appear to be suffering and is enjoying his food and playing with a ball, holding toys still etc. He does drool out of the injured side of his mouth now. Pictures of injury:
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My dog & I were outside playing,he loves to catch sticks. He poked the back of his mouth with a stck,he didn't yelp but it did bleed. He will not really let me look at it but I know it broke the skin. What do I do to prevent infection? Don't have the money for the vet at the moment.

Yesterday we got a 7 week old pit mix puppy. Last night she scratched the roof of her mouth. She didn't scream, and she's eating, & drinking fine, but it's bleeding bad. Since last night. I've tried cold milk, ice, a wet tea bag, pressure, I just can't get it to stop bleeding. Note that I really couldn't hold pressure but a few seconds at a time, same with the tea bag, & ice. Is there anything the vet could do? Can they roof of the mouth be sewed? The cut is a inch long or less, probably less.

Yesterday I noticed this small discolored growth on my dog’s upper lip, within her mouth. It makes her lip stick out from her teeth a bit and I suspect it may have been there for awhile because she’s always seemed to have slight swelling there. Well the growth or abscess is not the same color as the rest of her mouth tissue. It is almost the tan color of a piece of food. I tried moving it thinking maybe it was a piece of food but it is part of her mouth. Any recommendations for what I should do or if this warrants a trip to the vet? Is this normal?

My dog bit his tongue while we were playing frisbee. I noticed blood on the frisbee when he brought it back and upon further investigation he indeed have a cut on the side of his tongue. He doesn’t seem to be in pain at all but this did just happen. It bled for only a few minutes but I am a worry wart and want to know if I should keep an eye on it for signs of infection.

A couple days ago my two dogs were playing, a 3 year old french bulldog, and my border collie puppy. I heard my puppy yelp and start to whine with no indication of what was hurting her so I went to check on her and after a while she calmed down. A while later I noticed in her mouth there was a cut that didn't look too bad. A couple days later i noticed it again and it had gotten much worse. There doesnt seem to be any infection, and the bleeding has long stopped, but i'm worried about how it will heal and the possibility of it getting infected.

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I noticed when looking in my dogs mouth that he has scraped a part of his gum above his back tooth, I can only assume that this happened when he was chewing on his new toy that I got him, it doesn’t seem to be bleeding, or bothering him, I have been keeping I clean with a warm cloth, should I take him to the vets or will this heal on it’s own?

Our dog licked on cold metal while playing outside. She ripped some layers of her tongue off. There was quite a bit of bleeding when she pulled it off, but it seems to have stopped bleeding now. How should we treat this?

Our 1 yr old pitbull has been chewing bones for the last 2 days and we noticed last night that his mouth was sore and swollen. He has small sores inside his mouth. What can we do to help him here at home?

My dog has two holes in his mouth near the teeths...and blood comes near the teeth...a thick layer of saliva oftens comes from the mouth...foul smell..she takes food..but she has trouble in taking food..

On Saturday my dog was running full speed to retrieve a ball. He was looking up in the air and his a tree straight now. He yelped and cried. Initially he was favoring his right front leg, however, since that time that has been fine. I have pushed on his belly, spine, legs, and nothing seems to bother or hurt him. He is eating well, drinking well, still playing a little. What I have noticed is that he acts like he has something in his throat and coughs move than usual. When is barks he sometimes has a higher squeak. Do you think he could have hurt his throat/windpipe and if so what should I do? He lets me rub his throat with no pain. I am sure he got one heck of a whiplash.

I have a 13yr old jack russell she smells bad like shes spoiled or a rooten smell.she was fine she just started acting diffrent.her mouth looks sore she has missing teeth and for 2 days she wont eat or drink like it hurts her.i had to give her water in a syringe.please help me .cant afford vet.

My dog chewed off the plastic cap of chicken stock on Thanksgiving a few days ago. He was fine until the next day when I saw him cough out a little piece. Ever since he gives out a high pitched squeal/yelp in the midst of his barks. I noticed he doesn’t bark as much as he did before and if he does he more or less just growls. I suspect that the plastic may have scratched his throat. Since the trip to the vet/er can be costly, I’ve been hoping he’ll get better over time. He still eats, plays, and drinks perfectly fine. He’s not lethargic in any way, no hardness of the belly, no temperature, stools are normal — so I’m not suspecting any bleeding. How long can I wait to see if it resolves on its own before taking him? And are there any other concerns/symptoms I should be cautious or monitor for?

My puppy Apollo just came in from the backyard and almost immediately began clawing at his mouth. He moves his tongue around while he's doing this as if trying to push something back out. He is going to the vet tomorrow on an appointment for his monthly check up, but my family and I would like to know what we should ask the vet and what we may be able to do before tomorrow. He refuses to allow my mother and I to check his throat for foreign objects. My backyard has a firepit and many trees. Being fall, there are some dead twigs around the yard, so my family fears he may have wood in his throat or a splinter is his mouth of tongue.

My dog is a terrier mix around 8 years old.
He's never had an issue with his teeth but recently.
He started drooling more and wasn't eating as much.
I started feeding him soft food and he improved .
The drooling started to slack off and he was eating good.
But today he's started refusing to eat much ,he'll drink but he doesn't seem interested in food.
Not even really watered down food.
He doesn't want anyone to ever mess with his mouth so I can't get a good look.
But he seems to have a spot on the side of his muzzle that's sensitive.

Bailey had an encounter with another dog, being playful. When we got home my husband and I saw her jaw and outside of mouth was full of blood. I cleaned with luke warm water and applied rooibos tea bag on what seems to be a cut on her gums just beside her teeth. Its been 3hours and bleeding has not stopped. What can I do?

My 5 year old male German Shepherd must have some form of mouth injury. His name is Panzer and he has been healthy his entire life luckily. Yesterday morning, at around 6am, I woke up with him beside me in bed and there was about a 5 inch circle of blood on the sheets were he was laying down. I didn’t know where it was coming from so I checked him over and didn’t see anything and he was acting 100% fine. Then I saw a little bit of blood on his chin and thought that made he vomited that. He went potty (both) and everything was fine. He drinks and eats and even wants to play. But I did see that the bleeding was in his mouth and he kept licking his lips. So atleast it wasn’t from
Vomit and is not an internal issue. It has happened twice since yesterday morning and both times it has stopped essentially as soon as I saw it. And both times have been significant less blood than the previous. He is still acting himself and doesn’t seem in pain, although he will not let me look at his gums above his top-front teeth(where I suspect he might be bleeding from). With that being said, I do not want to rush to the vet right away and over-react to end up paying a lot of money just to check for cuts. What would you recommend for Panzer Sir/Ma’am? Thank you so much!

I found a small cut in my dogs gum and it has been bleeding. I have been washing it to avoid infection and giving meds prescribe by my vet. She has eaten well and rarely cries. Should I worry about the bleeding?

My 6mth old 8lbs mini poodle got in a scuffle with our corgi female ( he was trying to sniff her buns and hump her; she is at the end of a heat cycle and she has already been bred and I didn’t get her bathed yet so he could still smell that ) I didn’t notice any bleeding at all and I always check very carefully... I had even bathed him didn’t see anything until this afternoon I noticed his right cheek was swollen... I checked the out side nothing so I checked the inside and sure enough a hole about the size of a nickel... I think he bit his own cheek in the scuffle... I wouldn’t worry to much about it cause he is barking and eating and drinking and spunky but he is slightly blind which he normally has great vision... I walk about five feet away he starts barking at me which he never has then I walk back to him and he cautiously sniffs me then he is good. Is this normal when fighting off infection?

My 9 week old Jack Russel puppy whilst play fighting with our cocker spaniel has either bitten his tongue or somewhere inside his mouth. The bleeding has stopped but he keeps crying out every few minutes and is a bit shaky.

my shihtzu hasn't eaten food for about 3 days and his weight declined radically so i check his gums and mouth for any problem and i saw his tongue has a purple color that looks like a bruise and it's smell very awful. so i went to the vet and told me that my dog's tongue has been infected. She gave me oral medications and shots some antibiotics to my dog, but my dog refuse to eat even i use a syringe to feed him. any suggestion to make my dog eat again he lost so many weight and i'm so worried about him. sometimes even he ate his food after a couple of hours or minute he vomit all of his food that he takes before. Thank You for any suggestions.

Hi My 12 Year old Cocker was Xrayed last week and he has swollen tonsils, the left one appears to have something pushing it out a little... lymph nodes are slightly englarged, not other signs anywhere else on his body - any possibility this could be an infection and not cancer? we are awaiting results of tests... its killing us. Hoping for the best but fearing the worst ....
He was in the Vet one month ago with suspected kennel cough, slight cough on and off. No blood in siliva, no stinking breath, eating ok and drinking ok, but off form due to swollen tonsils

My 4 month old pitbull puppy bit his own cheek when he got scared. It is quite swollen and he cries out we touch it. He isn't bleeding anymore and is sleeping on the couch. Do we need to take him to the vet or will keeping it clean and icing it be sufficient?

I have a red nose pit bull named Capone and my step dad has a chow named bear. Well Capone is way younger than bear and was wanting to play with bear and he is just a big kid really, but bear at the time didn't want to play and bit Capone and put a big gash in his tongue last night. The bleeding has stopped and Im worried bout infection tho, cause it is little bigger than an inch long and goes all the way threw so it looks like when bear bit, Capone pulled away, and bear didn't let go at first, so sad really and Capone still wanted to play with him but I don't have the money for a vet! What can I do? Or what should I do to make sure my baby is going to be OK and stay OK?

I have a 11yr old greyhound. Last night I noticed he had a macadamia nut lodged on his upper rear tooth. He was unable to close his mouth & was scratching with his paw. This has damaged the side of his mouth & cheek.

48 hrs ago my boxer bitten by a small dog on her upper lip. The dog was quiet small and was almost hanging off of Ruby, however as soon as the other dog let go my dog was fine, wagging her tail and there was no sign of blood. Last night we checked her mouth and saw a small puncture wound in her mouth and swelling to her upper lip above the wound. We are unsure about whether or not to take her to the vet as she is eating and drinking as normal and is not showing any signs of pain. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

My dogs lower jaw got caught in his collar. He has a cut near the courier of his mouth on his lip. It looks like a hole or tear. Should I take him to the vet? Or will in house first aid work. I am worried he will start and bite back.