Dutch Shepherd Forum

So, do most DS have mottled mouths (Geyser's gums and lips are pink and dark brown/blackish)? Just curious...

Hmm, Ill have to check my girls, I know they have big teeth.

Sugar has pink with black spots on her gums, but solid black lips...we call her gorilla lips

My girls have pick tops and a black line across where their teeth come out of their gums.

Zane has pink with black spots too - gums and the roof of his mouth.

sounds pretty typical, then...

Lyric's mouth is black, top & bottom.

Roxie's is black too.....and she has a spot on her tongue.

Ideally, the lips are black. Some dogs, when the mouth is open, will show some pink in the inside of the mouth, but it doesn't usually show when the mouth is closed. I have had dogs where the pink is damage, or at an older age, where they lose some pigment on the inside of the mouth. Other dogs would always stay dark, and some even have black gums!

vneerland wrote:Ideally, the lips are black. Some dogs, when the mouth is open, will show some pink in the inside of the mouth, but it doesn't usually show when the mouth is closed. I have had dogs where the pink is damage, or at an older age, where they lose some pigment on the inside of the mouth. Other dogs would always stay dark, and some even have black gums!

I'll have to take some pics of Geyser's mouth and post them here. When her mouth is closed, you don't see any pink, but when her mouth is open, Yikes! Just curious about how customary that is (notice I didn't say "normal" ). I'm not even certain that what I consider to be her lips are actually called lips, as opposed to something else . My knowledge of dog anatomy is rather lacking...

Mine have black lips, and Dingo has black gums too. Ivil's are pink and black, the rest of her mouth is black with some small pink spots
Show us Ivil?

"ok"



Good dog

too cute.

Ill have to get some pics too, if pink is damage Ive got some problems

great shot Marjolein!!

Yeah, great pic!

I'll have to get going on taking one of Geyser...

it's an old pic, been on my website for ages, but I remembered it when discussing this and I figured it fit's in well

Yes, cool shot.
Concerning the 'damage'. It is reversible. I had a malinois who would dearly love to haul a car tire around, just for fun. He would spend hours tossing it around, and biting on it. I did start to notice that his lips would turn pink for a couple of weeks after vigorous chewing. After I stopped it, the pigment would come back. So Leih, maybe you are letting G. chew too much?

We had a litter with mostly all black mouths. I was delighted as there is an old wives tale that states the very best dogs have an all black mouth. We've had them spotted, too. There seems to be an allergy in the midwest/north east, maybe to oak or something, and some of the dogs have lost mouth pigment for the duration of what ever the allergy is caused by. The mouth goes back to black or spotted. We simply gave benedryl so they felt better.

Most of ours have at least had one black spot on the tongue, too. With Badger, there are many spots 'way down his throat. We have to get him to yawn to display them. We do this by pretending to yawn at him---it's pretty funny.

OK, guys, took me long enough, but check these out:



The next one shows (poorly) a huge pink spot at the back of her throat...







She's been like this since she arrived, I believe.

Judith, you think this has something to do with chewing? My GSD had a black mouth, and this never happened from chewing...???

OMG...I just noticed the little magnifying button in the upper left corner of the images...clicked on one, and Poof! Huge image! Eric, this site just keeps getting better!