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Thursday, April 26. 2007

Brave but foolish

Pit Bull encounters porcupine. I bet that hurts. This is a job for general anesthesia.

Posted by Bird Dog at 07:49 | Comments (16) | Trackbacks (0)

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OUCH!!
#1 Anonymous on 2007-04-26 07:56 (Reply)
If that poor dog survives, steak should be on his menu for the rest of his life!
#2 retriever on 2007-04-26 09:48 (Reply)
Maybe porcupine steaks.
#3 BD on 2007-04-26 09:58 (Reply)
And woodchuck, and squirrel and raccoon and deer, but don't risk beef or pork which might have been fed bad Chinese grain
#4 retriever on 2007-04-26 10:07 (Reply)
He will not survive. Every one of those little spikes has a barb on it--a miniature version of what got the Crockdile hunter. Pulling it out rips up tissue.
#5 apple pie on 2007-04-26 11:58 (Reply)
Man, I've pulled many a quill out of many a dog face, but never anything remotely that bad. AP is right about the barbs--if it's more than a dozen or so, gotta go to the vet for a general anesthesia. And one for the dog too.
#6 buddy larsen on 2007-04-26 12:48 (Reply)
Tell me, what use are porcupines, anyway? Other than for enriching vets?
If it were my dog, I would want to hunt down every last porcupine for miles around. My dog is lots dumber than a pit bull [a lovable retriever] and I feel like outfitting him in kevlar for his wanderings in the woods now!
#7 retriever on 2007-04-26 13:12 (Reply)
Doggie's is named "Inca." She survived, according to Snopes. The comments don't allow me to insert the webpage address. Just google Snopes and enter "pit bull porcupine" in their search.
#8 roger de hauteville on 2007-04-26 13:25 (Reply)
One good thing, seldom does it ever happen to a dog a second time.
#9 buddy larsen on 2007-04-26 13:56 (Reply)
Wow. That's a pit bull? The quills made the face look like an English Sheepdog.

I hear tomato juice helps. No, wait -- that's for skunk spray. Maybe tomato juice with vodka, pepper, and celery.
#10 Jeff (Link) on 2007-04-26 14:08 (Reply)
Yep--drink a bunch of those, and wake up feeling like the dog looks, LOL.
#11 buddy larsen on 2007-04-26 14:47 (Reply)
Only a pit bull would get nailed that badly. All of my dogs have gotten quills (only once), but only a few. I dont think pit bulls feel pain.
#12 BD on 2007-04-26 14:47 (Reply)
Looks like a Bull Terrier - not a Pit Bull - to me.
#13 NJSoldier on 2007-04-26 15:42 (Reply)
Terriers, too, don't have a lick of quit in 'em.
#14 buddy larsen on 2007-04-26 16:17 (Reply)
I had a mutt in the same situation. What you do is take scissors and clip the quills then pull em out.
#15 bobalharb on 2007-04-27 05:04 (Reply)
Clipping the quills takes the pressure off, then you can pull em out. That mutt has so many, he ought to be at the vets.
#16 bobalharb on 2007-04-27 05:08 (Reply)

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