Infected Toenail/paw

[Sam the man]

On Saturday afternoon Sam jumped up and must have caught his toenail on the fence around his pen and ripped it out. This is because of the dogs around us that are allowed to come into our yard. and of course Sam being a JRT reacts to them being there. We bathed the wound and put antiseptic ointment on it straightaway and continued to put the ointment on it a few times each day. Anyway this morning when I tried to put some more on and go between his toes he reacted to me touching it and I could see that it looked swollen so knew a trip to the vet would be the next step. He had an injection and now has some antibiotics to take. He is to take the capsules for 2 days and then see how things are after that. The vet has given me a week's supply. She said just to bathe it in some water. We'll probably just take him for short walks for the next few days.