Dog Tongue Too Big A Question For VETS (other People, Too) About The Dog With The World's Longest Tongue (pic Included)?

A question for VETS (other people, too) about the dog with the world's longest tongue (pic included)? - dog tongue too big

Brandy is the boxer, his tongue was 17 cm long
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And it happened, but my question is about:

If the owner wanted him to have a normal size of the language, like other dogs, a veterinarian should be able to eliminate most of it?

Never heard of a dog that some of his tongue to be removed must have heard, I wonder if the surgery had been done on this dog.