Posted on 08/11/2012 10:14:24 AM PDT by Daffynition
That's one tough mutt.
A bulldog is recovering at home in Oklahoma after a run-in with a porcupine left her with a face full of quills.
Three-year-old Bella Mae was rooting around a backyard pond with two other dogs last week when she spooked the spiky critter, her owners, Jerry and Allison Noles, told local News 9.
The porcupine impaled all three dogs, but Bella took the brunt of the attack.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
I hurt just looking at that photo.
Glad Bella is much better.
Ouch!
Like our economy.
Oh my!! My dog Otis got it from a porcupine when we were
in Queechee,VT. Had to go under general anesthesia to
have them removed,but nothing like that! WOW!
Thank goodness for the emergency veterinary clinics that
exist.
The porcupine must be naked.
500 quills? That’s just the ‘thing’ to write the great American novel.
Methinks Poochie would prefer a word processor.
Poor baby!! The article didn’t mention anything about poor Bella’s sight so it must be okay. Poor poochie looks like a cactus!
I wonder if some of those quills are in Bella’s eyes. There are so many quills I don’t see how the eyes wouldn’t get them, too.
That picture makes me hurt.
There was a vet show a while back I found interesting called “Dr Pol” Guess it wasn’t picked up. I liked it because it showed some of the more interesting vet situations in a farm county.
He said he did this (porcupine) at least once a week. On one episode, he had the SAME dog come back same week, even worse. Dumb dog.
>>Like our economy.<<
You put it so well...I was trying to think of an analogy to our present political situation...and yours is perfect! :)
...or my *lame* one.....how Ryan will look when Hussein’s operatives get done with him. :(
Then don’t look at these...makes me cringe!
We had a Lab who found a porkie by the camp in VT...fortunately there were just a few quills in her snout.
Any porkie we find near the camp [usually found by the side of the road licking a wood post] gets dispatched with a single round to the head....to avoid dog v porkie encounters.
HA Oh I see where you're going with that, and it's not all not bad. I might suggest, though, a slight refinement- weaving in Ryan, a voodoo doll and the sinister witchdoctor into the narrative...and we know who that might be.
As for the Bulldog, every specimen I've known personally would huff and puff and snort at this and go right back at the porcupine the very next chance it got. I bet our hero here is no exception.
I'm shaking my head as I question this, what seems to be, a PC commentary.
This story wants to make a person believe that 3 pooches were just roaming around, minding their own business and the mean old porcupine waylaid them all, instead of these 3 hooligans found this porcupine taking a breather from the heat near some water when this pack jumped him. Now the perpetrators are the victims.
Having said that, I do feel sorry for the little guy but I have a feeling he was the instigator ;)
I'm shaking my head as I question this, what seems to be, a PC commentary.
This story wants to make a person believe that 3 pooches were just roaming around, minding their own business and the mean old porcupine waylaid them all, instead of these 3 hooligans found this porcupine taking a breather from the heat near some water when this pack jumped him. Now the perpetrators are the victims.
Having said that, I do feel sorry for the little guy but I have a feeling he was the instigator ;)
I’ll bet in most situations it’s the dog...that starts the fight....always ending in the dog saying *It seemed like a good idea at the time.*
LOL
Poor fella.
It’s a wonder it didn’t blind her.
When we lived in Alaska, porcupines killed many dogs every year. The quills in the dogs face continues to migrate deeper, if in the nostrils or eyes, often going right into the brain.
When the porcupine quills go in, one hardly feels them, pain is later when the skin and flesh becomes infected.
I have had quills in my leg over an inch deep and no bother until later that night. Extracting the barbed quills is no fun.
Dogs do not have to start a porky fight, just too inquisitive and the porky will slap them in the face with their tail, nuff said.
All I can say is, “OUCH!”
Don’t bring fur to a quill fight.
I’ve been lucky with my three dogs. Hope Bella recovers and remembers.
The quills have hooky things that are hard to remove. Poor goggie. *hugs*
Amazing, huh? I had a pit that got 2 quills in his nose when he found a porky under a log. That meant war. He’d hunt them for sport, grab them and swing them ‘til the patch of skin came off. His mouth, tongue and lips would be as thick with quills as the porky had been. I don’t think he ever had a quill within 2 inches of an eye, though. Bad as that picture is, it’s nothing compared to some attacks.
Don’t know about bulldogs, but pits “remember” for the rest of their lives. And it’s not a good thing.
Bullies ARE NOT DUMB!!!
Bullies are independent, free thinkers, much like Freepers!
Some people say you can't train them. That's not true! I taught a friend's bully to play with a Frisbee, and once he caught it, he was done, he had nothing else to prove.
Mark
Porkies don't *run*...they kinda lumber ....dog wants sport *run faster dammit RUN!*
When you are made of steel, like Paul Ryan, any quills tossed by the Democrats will bounce right off!
Poor baby. Heal well.
I’m sorry my friend. I am watching my son’s bullie after having my doberman die last year. Dumbest SOB I ever saw in a dog. A true slug on 4 legs. Dense is not sufficient.
breeds known as bright
I have a female 150 pound Johnson American Bulldog bitch...indeed she is intellectually lazy and stubborn and ferocious to other animals and female dogs but a submissive slut to male dogs...little guard instinct...my wife's baby more or less
Sugar here
I had a Standard American Bulldog who unfortunately was too aggressive and I retired him to hog hunting and breeding but he was as smart as my Rotts (but not as smart as Dobies) had been...and very very guard oriented but kind to fellow animals...I miss hell outta that boy....he and I were in sync...same wavelength
Bedford
I didn’t know that this sort of thing was news. Used to happen to our dogs fairly often. The trick we learned is to use heavy scissors or something to clip off the ends of and therefore DEFLATE the quills (partially) before pulling them. Clip ‘em, leave ‘em for a bit (20 mins), then get the pliers and do it all as fast as possible.
499 quills...and it wouldn’t have been newz....but 500 quills brought it to Olympic proportions. :)
Did you ever use the vinegar and baking soda soak to soften them?
http://www.alaska.net/~springer75/quills.htm
The best dog I’ve ever had was a Tri-color Australian shepherd.
Highly intelligent, loveable, ferocious when needed.
He treated my baby as his own...loved her and protected her.
Bella “took the brunt of the attack” because no doubt she was doing the brunt of the attacking. The porcupine has no interest in “attacking” a predator like a bulldog - it wants to get away.
Bulldog’s have gladiator blood - and a little pain will NOT stop them.
Poor Bella! Hope she is OK - Bulldogs are very loving and lovable little gladiators!
Ouch
They love to eat any wood that has soaked up salt the highways use in the winter. Kids at our camp kept peeing on the outhouse seat, they ate most of that up.
Yes, they are after the salt and a slug in-da-head when they are near the camp, as our dogs are about.
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