A lick granuloma, also known as acral lick dermatitis, is a skin disorder in dogs resulting from an urge to lick the lower portion of the leg or sometimes another part of the body such as the base of the tail. The lesion from the incessant licking eventually results in a thickened, firm, oval plaque. Prior to that the lesion can be red, swollen, irrirated, and bleeding, similar to a hot spot or wet eczema.
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“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table; even the dogs would come and lick his sores. The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to be with Abraham.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 16:19-22.