I think a problem with neosporin with dogs is that they think it tastes good.  I remember when I had stitches once, they told me to keep it dry and not use any ointment.  Have you tried the "cone of shame" or a t-shirt if it will cover the area?

We used it last night without any problems.  I read that some dogs have a reaction to 2 of the 3 antibiotics in Neosporin and some recommended just using bacitracin, but Bailey had no problems.  I rubbed it in pretty well too.  He licked it one and didn't go back so I can only imagine that the taste wasn't appealing to him  I used a generic brand as well – who knows – maybe the name brand stuff tastes better!  All told the wound looks much better today.  I put it on him again this morning and still no problems.

For what it's worth, Isabelle's surgeon told me to use Neosporin on her incision after her recent surgery. Her wound edges were not as well approximated as I would have liked, because they were on her stifle & walking was interfering with normal healing a bit. I used it & left her sutures in a few extra days. She also had cold laser every other day. A bit of secondary intention surface healing takes place when sutures come out early. Sometimes the ointment of choice, only serves the purpose of keeping the wound edges supple. Once I took her sutures out, I used Aveeno baby cream for the same purpose (I used it after her amputation also).

A lot of humans react to Neosporin also, and is an individual sensitivity.

The website cannot recommend usage on pets as it would be "off label" for a product packaged & sold for humans per FDA regulations.

Cynthia

our vet has suggested it, and we used it.  we had a similar problem with a slight infection due to stealth licking by Ajax – did the antibiotics for a short period and neosporin and it worked beautifully.