An owner’s fun video of her dog licking his lips ended up saving him, as Joanne Bednall discovers.

Eddie is getting out and enjoying himself again.

Eddie means the world to Sarah and Tim.

Sarah Furlong still finds it hard to believe that her beloved dog, Eddie, wouldn’t be here today if she hadn’t decided to make an amusing video of him sticking his tongue out.

The Dachshund-cross undoubtedly owes his life to 41-year-old Sarah, all because she happened to capture the underside of his tongue in a split-second screenshot.

Sarah, from Guildford, Surrey, had been using her phone to film her six-year-old dog licking his lips after being fed a treat, so she could send a photo to friends. But when she paused the video, one frame in particular stopped her in her tracks.

As she studied the image, Sarah noticed a strange and worrying pale, flame-shaped growth on the underside of Eddie’s tongue.

“It was about a centimetre long and whiteish in colour,” explained Sarah, who admitted she didn’t know what to make of the lump at first.