Drooling Problem, or mouth injury

This morning me and the dogs were playing with the water hose. I have a power nozzle (makes a small tight stream) on the end of my hose and once a week we go out in the back and I water the wild grasses and the dogs chase the water. Great fun for all and exercises them well.
Well Dowzer likes to attack the water up close to my hand and took the full stream in his mouth. I noticed after toweling them down and doing some brushing Dowzer was drooling heavy on the left side of his mouth.

I don't know if the water stream damaged his saliva gland or if maybe he got a bee sting or something else is doing it. It's only been an hour now and he doesn't seem to be in any pain and I have massaged the side of his mouth and head some to see if there is any bumps or soreness but don't find anything. Right now he is enjoying a pigs foot and does not seem to be having any troubles.
So how long should I allow it to persist before he gets to see the vet? Forget going today as i am not spending an extra hundred for an emergency weekend call.

 

I don't think its anything to worry about. My girls play in the sprinkler and water hose alot. I notice they'll drool a bit more than usual afterwards. It could be just that he's overly excited. The water jetting in his mouth might have stimulated them a bit more too.

 

I agree with Sam... My Dane cross probably got an injury from the horses we figure a few weeks ago and her whole face swelled up on one side for the weekend. On Sunday the swelling started to subside and she got better by the middle of the week with only a little knott on that side near her ear...she wasn't in pain except the first day and had full range of motion...Today it looks Like her kennel buddy Ozzy smacked her good on that side again and she's got swelling. Since she's not in pain and has full range of motion we usually let it go unless we know for sure it swells for some other reason. If she was in pain or didn't have full range of motion we'd take her right in...

With your pooch I'd give it some time... I know that back when I had my multiple Boerboels we were almost always dealing with some odd mouth injury that was just superficial and went right away... Often times those mouths heal right up.

I doubt your dog has an injury to a saliva gland honestly and I would imagine the hose just stimulated more drooling. Keep an eye and if he seems uncomfortable take him in...keep us updated.

Sara

 

Well he had drooled pretty bad for a couple hours. Enough so that his whole foreleg was drenched. I took him back out to the hose to rinse him down and he got another face full of water and it stopped.
Some times it's the hair of the dog that bit ya huh?