Porcupines 10,000, Dumb dog Zero

[waksupi]

Here is why, if you have a stupid dog, you should keep it away from porcupines.

[45 2.1]

Poor dog, i've heard of this several times, but the picture outdoes the words several times over.

[waksupi]

This is about the worst I've ever seen. A friend sent it to me on an email. I've only had to help one dog over the years from this, and it was smart enough to stop after the first grab.
The worst part of this, is the ones they get in the eyes, and in the tongue. The ones in the eyes can easily blind them. The ones in the tongue are extrememly hard to remove, due to how the tongue is such stretchy flesh.

[StarMetal]

Waksupi

Do you concider yourself an amateur vetinarian? Tell you why. You're not going to believe this and probably others will shake their heads also. I heard on the news today, as though NO doesn't have enough problems trying to help the people "the humans", but they are looking for vetinarians around the country to take in ferrets and help them, board them and all, you know. Geez what group started this? They said with all the mess and flood waters the ferrets will be hard to find.

Joe

[David R]

Ferrets are going up like gasoline? :)

I had a beagle that would chase porcupines every time he saw one. He NEVER did learn. He would get 10 or 12 quills every time. Those things are hard to pull out. The dog didn't like it when I did it either, but he never learned.

David

[waksupi]

Waksupi

Do you concider yourself an amateur vetinarian? Tell you why. You're not going to believe this and probably others will shake their heads also. I heard on the news today, as though NO doesn't have enough problems trying to help the people "the humans", but they are looking for vetinarians around the country to take in ferrets and help them, board them and all, you know. Geez what group started this? They said with all the mess and flood waters the ferrets will be hard to find.

Joe
I can castrate a hog, bull, or horse, trim ears and tails, vacinate, brand, and eat them. I used to do clinical corrective horse shoeing for a vet, that's about as close as it gets.
I've had ferrets, and they take quite a bit of care. You can't put ferrets together that are from different households. They must be quarantined for about six weeks, to be sure none are carrying the virus. They develop a disease commonly known as green slime. It calls for days of hand feeding antibiotics and pedialyte. Some do gooder will gather a bunch of ferrets together, and kill them from disease.

[Slowpoke]

Waksupi

Do you concider yourself an amateur vetinarian? Tell you why. You're not going to believe this and probably others will shake their heads also. I heard on the news today, as though NO doesn't have enough problems trying to help the people "the humans", but they are looking for vetinarians around the country to take in ferrets and help them, board them and all, you know. Geez what group started this? They said with all the mess and flood waters the ferrets will be hard to find.

Joe
Joe, pretty sad to say the least. Yesterday I seen a news clip of two ladies out rescuing cats in their boat and plenty of people still in need of help.

You reckon there might be one or two mice or rats in the upper levels of those flooded houses now????

That dog that tangled with the quill pig is the worst I have ever seen, must be a terrier or a bull dog of some sort, I will guarantee that is three or four tail swats worth of quills, looks like it has been packing them for a spell as well. Wonder if its eyeballs still work?

I have seen it where two grown men could not hold a 40 LB dog still while the third could pull the quills.

The best way I have found is to roll the dog up in a blanket and sit on it, force a stick in its mouth and start pulling. I have seen the quills go completely thru the gums and into the tongue at all different angles.

I found a dead bobcat one time at a water hole just skin and bones and a face full of quills.

good luck

[Junior1942]

I once had a little terrier-like dog who refused to learn about wasps. He'd spend all day chasing them around the yard, catching one occasionally, and screaming bloody murder after each catch. He also never learned about the electric fence wire. An extremely smart lab I had would watch the little terrier. When the terrier touched the wire and didn't yelp like crazy, the lab knew the fence was off and escaped.

[Scrounger]

Joe, pretty sad to say the least. Yesterday I seen a news clip of two ladies out rescuing cats in their boat and plenty of people still in need of help.

You reckon there might be one or two mice or rats in the upper levels of those flooded houses now????

That dog that tangled with the quill pig is the worst I have ever seen, must be a terrier or a bull dog of some sort, I will guarantee that is three or four tail swats worth of quills, looks like it has been packing them for a spell as well. Wonder if its eyeballs still work?

I have seen it where two grown men could not hold a 40 LB dog still while the third could pull the quills.

The best way I have found is to roll the dog up in a blanket and sit on it, force a stick in its mouth and start pulling. I have seen the quills go completely thru the gums and into the tongue at all different angles.

I found a dead bobcat one time at a water hole just skin and bones and a face full of quills.

good luck

Might explain why we didn't hear from Ray yesterday. He might be out rescuing ewes caught in fences in the hurricane path.

[KCSO]

Pinkard and Bowden
ARKANSAW DAWG ???

[Bret4207]

Clip the end of the quill off, they're hollow and have air in them. If you don't clip them when you grab them with pliers they puff up and hold harder into the flesh. Also, soaking them with apple cider vineger is supposed to soften them and help relieve the barbed part of the quill. FWIW_ porkys, inoffensive vreatures that they are, are one of the year round targets here ofn the farm as horses, cattle, dogs, even sheep will try and sniff them, to say nothing of the trees they damage.