We also saw her on the Ripley's TV show, and actually, her owners seemed to love her love her love her. When she was a puppy, they were told that she'd "grow into" her tongue, but that obviously didn't happen. It's only during the summer that her panting as all dogs do in hot weather makes it stretch to 15 inches, I guess it's usually 8. But they love her just the same, despite the even-droolier-than-normal mess she makes! She is well-fed and well loved from the looks of it!

Not only, as Stenograsaurus says, can she eat and drink just fine - she's the only dog they know who can drink all the water from an 8-inch glass (if someone hold it up for her!)