Comments on: Can A Purebred Dog Have a Spotted Tongue?

By: Conn

Conn — Wed, 25 May 2022 14:17:57 +0000

In reply to Jerry. My purebred Shar-Pei had a spotted black/ pink tongue.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 17:56:19 +0000

We have a purebred golden retriever that not only has a spotted tongue, has some Chow characteristics, ie tail is always curled up, and he can get grumpy at times. Not your typical happy Golden. He is 2 1/2 yrs old.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 20:36:52 +0000

I have a 3 year old purebred AKC registered Golden Retriever who has had a spotted tongue since she was about 4 months old. That is when we first started noticing the spots appearing. She now has 7 or 8 spots. She also started turning white around her muzzle by the time she was 2 years old.

By: Mild

Mild — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:33:24 +0000

I have a pure golden retriever with black tongue, not just black spots

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:54:04 +0000

We had a Pure Bred AKC registered Golden Retriever with a spotted black tongue.

By: Kathryn M Bell

Kathryn M Bell — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:53:34 +0000

In reply to Joe. My ‘pure bred’ black cocker spaniel has a pink tongue with black spots.

By: Trainer Max

Trainer Max — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 01:02:35 +0000

In reply to pamela. A lot of Pit bloodlines had a generation or two of mixed into their bloodlines during the early days of certain breeding programs. Certain hard-mouth varieties of Sharpei carry some traits that are very desirable to Pitbull Terrier (especially game-bred Pitbulls) fanciers. That’s why this practice is fairly common.

By: Trainer Max

Trainer Max — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:55:21 +0000

Since the Chow Chow is the oldest dog breed known to man that is officially recognized by any Kennel Club, the fact that so many pure breeds have the blue/black tongue trait sometimes show up in certain dogs is really not all that surprising. My theory is that the ancient Chow Chow is an ancestor to nearly all modern dog breeds because of the fact that we can trace it’s lineage back farther than any other breed. So I’m guessing that it’s just a recessive trait that pops up very rarely in all of these other breeds, because they probably all have ancient Chow way way way far back in their bloodlines. I don’t have any proof of this, but it seems like a logical theory.

By: pamela

pamela — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:43:49 +0000

I have a half red nose and half blue Camelot pit and it has spots on his tongue. Do you know of pit breeds that have this?

By: Colby

Colby — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 22:58:50 +0000

In reply to Allison. I love your story! My Linus must have had a royal lineage as well. Thank you for sharing!