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Dog Likes To Lick Wounds. That bit about a wound healing faster if your dog licks it is a myth. Keep your dog mentally occupied if he or she is otherwise healthy and up for it play games hide food practice tricks. You can distract your dog with the following techniques. As a kid I let my dog lick scrapes and cuts all the time.
Dogs tend to harbor fewer diseases that are communicable to humans and the actual risk of infection is fairly low. When your dog licks a wound there are healing capacities in their saliva and it can also help cleanse the area. Licking might offer some protection against certain bacteria but there are serious drawbacks to letting your dog lick wounds. It is rare for dog saliva to cause serious injury but it has in more than one case. The Root of the Behavior Humans dogs as well as other species will desire to quickly attend to their wounds. A small laceration on a young and healthy dog is probably not a big deal if they lick the wound but an old dog and a larger wound and it can become a very big deal.
A small laceration on a young and healthy dog is probably not a big deal if they lick the wound but an old dog and a larger wound and it can become a very big deal.
You can also lightly wrap your pups wound with a bandage. Its safer than letting a human do it. A Sign of Sympathy. A weaker or more feeble dog is going to have a much harder time fighting off infection and thus is more important to make sure they are not licking their wounds. That bit about a wound healing faster if your dog licks it is a myth. You can distract your dog with the following techniques.