On our morning walk, my greyhound injured himself. We were in the woods and I didn't see what happened but he came back with a very angry looking scrape on the inner thigh and some other minor scrapes and cuts. He was obviously in discomfort but there wasn't any bleeding so we took him home.
At home he started crying, and then panting and shivering. I called the vet who saw him straightaway. She looked him over (he really didn't like that) but said it just looked like superficial grazing. We have metacam for pain and antibiotics. Even though I gave the metacam at midday, he is still doing the panting and shivering. He isn't limping but walking very slowly and just looking so sad. Any movement and he whines, cries etc.
I've been googling and greyhounds are notorious for low pain thresholds but my heart is breaking for him. I didn't let the vet put iodine on the cuts because I think it might have finished him off.
My question is, how do I know whether he is just being a wuss or needs to go back to the vet? Is there something stronger I should ask for? I've been giving him lots of attention and I wonder if I'm making him worse?
Sorry, that was epic. If you have a grey, how does he or she deal with pain?