Delta scraped up his carpal/stopper pad badly - about half of the skin is just gone. He has been licking it maybe six times total throughout the day, for maybe a minute, and usually stops before I ask him to.
If a dog is moderate in their wound licking, should we still take steps to prevent it? I know obsessive licking should be curbed.
Moderate, not obsessive, wound licking
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Moderate, not obsessive, wound licking
Delta, standard poodle, born 6/30/14
Re: Moderate, not obsessive, wound licking
I always let it happen. Dog saliva has a healing component in it. I can't recall the name but no doubt a Search would call it up.
After all, it would be a pretty major design fault in Nature if wound-licking were to be bad!
After all, it would be a pretty major design fault in Nature if wound-licking were to be bad!
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Re: Moderate, not obsessive, wound licking
That was my thinking - so as long as he's not obsessing over it and it seems well (no infection or hot spot stuff developing) I'll let him attend to it as he pleases Thanks Nettle!
Delta, standard poodle, born 6/30/14