OKLAHOMA CITY — Ozzy, a 4-year-old French and bull mastiff mix, was certified by Guinness World Records this month as having the longest dog tongue on a living dog. Veterinarians measured his drooping pink tongue at 7.83 inches from snout to tip as part of a formal record attempt that capped months of documentation by the Pick family, Dec. 3, 2025.
At home, Ozzy is better known as the mellow, kangaroo-jumping goofball who shares a yard, couch, and car rides with the fun-loving Pick family, a picture that comes through clearly in a recent Guinness World Records profile on Ozzy. The family has had him since he was a puppy and watched his tongue grow as fast as his paws and chest.
Ozzy’s owner, Angela Pick, said the family first noticed his tongue hanging out when he was a tiny pup and asked veterinarians to make sure nothing was wrong. “He has always had a tongue that sticks out of his mouth, ever since he was born,” she told Guinness, adding that vets found no dental or medical problems and describing the tongue as unusually, almost awkwardly long.
Despite holding the longest dog tongue title, Ozzy is not a big licker. Pick says he rarely cleans crumbs off the floor and “doesn’t give kisses — he gets in your face and kind of loves and rubs noses,” a habit that still puts an “automatic smile on people’s faces” when strangers meet him in public.
To fuel that extra bit of muscle, Ozzy eats roughly half a pitcher of high-activity dog food every day, a softer blend his family says makes it easier for him to scoop up meals with such a giant tongue.
How Ozzy’s longest dog tongue record fits into a slobbery history
Before Ozzy, the most extended tongue on a living dog belonged to Rocky, a boxer from Normal, Illinois, whose 5.46-inch tongue earned him a Guinness title in 2023, according to a 2023 ABC7 Chicago story on Rocky’s record.
Rocky had already surpassed Zoey, a Labrador–German shepherd mix from Louisiana with a 5-inch tongue, but Ozzy’s most extended dog tongue now stretches more than two inches beyond Rocky’s mark. A Gray Television report on the new record notes that Guinness requires tongues to be measured from the tip of the nose to the tip of the tongue during a controlled veterinary exam, a process Ozzy completed during a routine visit.
Long before Rocky and Ozzy, the quest for the most extended dog tongue included Mochi “Mo” Rickert, a rescued Saint Bernard from South Dakota whose 7.3-inch tongue was verified as the world’s longest on a living dog in 2016, as detailed in a 2017 Guinness feature on Mochi the St. Bernard.
Mochi held the living-dog title for more than five years and made more than 100 appearances at schools, nursing homes, and rescue events before she died in 2021, with her owners using the spotlight to promote adoption and celebrate pets that look a little different.
Even Ozzy’s longest dog tongue title has limits: the record still belongs to a boxer named Brandy from Michigan, whose tongue stretched an astonishing 17 inches in a record certified in 2002, as documented on the Guinness Records page for Brandy’s all-time longest tongue.
A light-hearted win for Oklahoma and dog lovers everywhere
Since Guinness announced the result, Ozzy has popped up in TV segments, radio newscasts, and social-media feeds, his certificate in the background and his tongue — now officially the longest dog tongue on a living dog — hanging cheerfully out of his mouth. Local coverage and Guinness’ holiday-themed story portray the mastiff mix as a kind of four-legged ambassador for Oklahoma City, drawing smiles from children and adults who stop to ask about his record or pose for photos.
For the Pick family, the certificate on the wall matters less than the way Ozzy brightens a room. A world record, they say, puts a name to something they have seen since the day they brought him home — a gentle, goofy dog whose extraordinary tongue helps spread a little extra joy wherever he goes.
