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Dog Licking Their Own Wounds. Unfortunately although dog saliva does have some healing properties the risks carried by allowing dogs to lick wounds are simply too high to warrant licking as a healing tool. In most cases the safest thing to do with your mouth is to ask for help. Other options depending on the location of the wound include covering the wound with a bandage a stockinette a dog coat or a t-shirt. Nor are dogs the only creatures to do so.
The nerves used to transmit the rubbing sensation block the feeling of pain or soreness. Unfortunately licking can reopen the wound and lead to infection. Indeed a dogs saliva is bactericidal against the bacteria Escherichia coli and Streptococcus canis although not against coagulase-positive Staphylococcus or Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Elizabethan collars are the most commonly used protective device. Why do dogs lick their wounds. A good wound licking is done occasionally and under control.
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A cone or collar is the traditional way to keep a dog from licking a wound. Be alert when the dog does not want to leave the wound alone and start to bite it instead of licking. In most cases the safest thing to do with your mouth is to ask for help. It is a part of how they are wired. When your dog licks a wound there are healing capacities in their saliva and it can also help cleanse the area. Excessive licking can lead to the formation of hot spots or red raw spots where the skin and fur is now missing.