Dog's skin infection not healing after vet treatment? Keeps licking.
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Maltese | Male | 1 year old
Hi. My dog kind of have a skin infection. And he just keep licking the spot. He has been injected by the vet but I dont see results
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Most Helpful Answer
Published on February 3rd, 2018
Thanks for the question. If Admiral can wear a cone or e-collar, or a t-shirt to keep from licking the area it might have a chance to heal. As long as he keeps licking it, the healing will be slow. If it is not getting better in the next couple of days, he may need to go back in to see the vet for antibiotics. I hope it resolves quickly.
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Published on May 27th, 2018
This is not good. Had your dog not been licking the wound, she would not have needed an antibiotic , as your vet worked very cleanly. However, now that she can lick the wound she is licking bacteria into it. This does indeed look infected now, You can clean it up a bit with warm water and put some neosporine on it until you can take her back to the vet for a recheck and some medications. If possible cover the wound with a sock or t-shirt or similar, so she cannot lick it or get a larger cone at a petshop.
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Published on July 9th, 2017
The wound looks clean but does look at risk of infection so would likely benefit from an antibiotic to heal well. Salt water bathe in the mean time. You can try and keep the buster collar on by tying it to a harness or by tying a make shift harness. If you don't understand please ask.
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