04
Aug
Is It Bad If My Dog Licks My Cut. Wash your hands and face with soap and warm water often. If the paw pad is cracked or skin is inflamed its likely your pup is suffering from either dry skin allergies or an insect bite. We have all seen the destructive force it can be in surgical wound healing. MRSA infection in humans which produce lesions like the unsightly one above can be caused by as little as one lick from your dog.
My dog had his teeth cleaned and is now nauseous. It is not only do dogs have a natural instinct to immediately lick any wound inflicted on them. Every veterinarian knows that animal patients are driven to lick wounds. If the paw pad is cracked or skin is inflamed its likely your pup is suffering from either dry skin allergies or an insect bite. If you just got a wound and your dog licked it no vaccinations arent necessary. My blog from two week ago looked at new research suggesting that dog intestinal bacteria may have a protective role against asthma in children.
Licking wounds seems an instinctual reaction to the injury.
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. Nobody instructs a child to suck a burned finger and nobody teaches a dog to lick a cut paw. If the paw pad is cut or bleeding then your dog is probably licking to clean the wound. My dog had his teeth cleaned and is now nauseous. Many people still feel that as a natural response of a dog to a.