Dog only uses one side of his mouth

I checked all of that and saw nothing, all his teeth are normal, used a flashlight and saw no injuries, talked to my vet again today while waiting to get him in on Friday, and he suggested a “home test” of putting some peanut butter on his outer lip and see if he licks it off.

I did think about a head injury, he is a very “dumb” dog, don’t get me wrong, he is as smart as can me, (potty trained, commands etc.) but he does run into tables, tries to jump while standing under the table, you know puppy dumb. I am going to go try the peanut butter test right now and see what he does. Next step I guess will be to wait till Friday and suggest a brain scan and hope there is nothing found there.

Thanks for your imput

It’s possible he has some kind of pain in his mouth that you just can’t see - a cancor sore, a bad tooth maybe?

But really, it sounds like a stroke or head injury. Animals suffer these types of ailments just like humans do (we’re animals too, don’t forget).

I wonder if there’s possibly a misalingment in his jaw…maybe an injury when he was young, or even something congenital. I’m pretty sure it’s has nothing to do with his brain (I think you’d see other symptoms if it was).

There was a pup in my dog group who appeared to use only one side of her mouth. With her it turned out to be a puppy tooth that had never erupted, and had abcessed under the permanent tooth. It took some time for the Vet to figure out what was going on, tho.

I’m glad you’re taking him into the Vet. If you remember, let us know what the Vet said…I’m very curious.

phrannie