A short YouTube clip by Dr. Lera Clone (Heron Lakes Animal Hospital) recommending coconut oil as a natural antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory for dogs. She demonstrates using it on a five-month-old puppy’s healing facial lesion and emphasizes coconut oil’s safety if the puppy licks the area compared with topical antibiotics like Neosporin.
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Hey, guys. Dr. Lehre here at Heron Lakes Animal Hospital with. Did you know. With Dr. Lara. Did you know that coconut oil is actually a natural antimicrobial and natural anti inflammatory. I'm here today. I'm gonna turn the camera with this adorable little puppy right here. And she has. She's five months old. As you can see, she's kind of just like all over the place, but she has thing on her face and it's. Dad says that it's healing. And so I told him, I said, you know, if you want to get that thing to heal or you want to put something on there and you want it to be natural, you can go ahead and use coconut oil. One of the other advantages of using coconut oil is that it does not. If she licks it, there's no problems versus, like, if you're licking something like Neosporin, it may not be best for the flora in the mouth and. Or the flora in the intestines. So now you know. Thanks for watching and have a blessed day.