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’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.*