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Scalloped lips?

Posted : 11/13/2007 11:41:01 AM

I don't have a good picture, but I Googled for a while and I couldn't come up with anything, so I thought I would ask the experts. Theo, my lab/retriever/flatcoated-look-alike mutt has what I would call ridged or scalloped lips. Not that I've looked at many dog mouths, but is this common or breed specific?

rwbeagles

Posted : 11/13/2007 11:42:49 AM

if you mean along the flew/botom edge near the corner of the mouth, then I've seen that to be the norm. If you mean the top lips that cover the upper canines....then no I've never seen that.

DumDog

Posted : 11/13/2007 12:10:24 PM

like this?

Theodosia

Posted : 11/13/2007 6:29:59 PM

Yes! That's them! Is there a proper name for them?

rwbeagles

Posted : 11/13/2007 7:06:45 PM

Dunno...that part of the lips is referred to as the flews among dog people...but typically only when they are loose and hanging a bit. A dog witha tight mouth can't really be said to have "flews".

DumDog

Posted : 11/17/2007 3:03:36 PM

dunno about all that. just checked the jack russell's lips and they have slight scalloping.. nothing at all like Bens or Kaydees... i know they are called flews but i always called them jowls lol

maizysmom

Posted : 11/17/2007 3:08:44 PM

Our lab has them scalloped on the bottom only.

DumDog

Posted : 11/17/2007 7:12:57 PM

i think all dogs have them to some degree. depending on the size of the dog and.. jowly-ness... jack russels arent known for having excess skin around their mouths but hounds and bulldogs and mastiffs are.. for what ever reason.. dont know why really...

being called a flew i can only imagine they serve the same purpose as... a flew in a chimney lol but i could be wrong. Ben is notorious for drooling.. things are always sliding off his lips in streams of drool...