Posted on 12/01/2016 3:44:38 AM PST by marktwain
I’ve done it with my duck gun. But it has a pound of lead in the butt. (Dispatched a porcupine while restraining my dog on a leash with the other hand.)
I used a break open double to pull porcupine quills from a dogs muzzle once.
Used it like a giant pliers.
Worked pretty well.
I had a pit that loved tearing into porkies. They can clamp their jaws down to keep you from pulling quills out of their tongues. Some jobs are best left to the pros.
This one wasn’t one of the really bad ones.
As I recall, we only had to get about 15-20 quills out.
The dog had a good personality, a Lab, as I recall. I had my brother for help.
Porcupine quills have barbs, they keep working in deeper. So if you can get them out quick, it is much easier.
Sounds terrible.
He must have been an incredible dog for you to put up with it!
How many times did he do it?
Nemo was canine royalty. Absolutely beautiful, his face evenly split between white on one side and brown on the other. I think he did it six times that were pretty bad. First time was two quills on the end of his nose. Found a porky under a log and was just sniffing. After a while, the vet just charged $25 and sent him home knocked out. “Keep him cool until he comes back to consciousness.” Once I learned to spot the signs, I’d leash him immediately.
Must have been a great dog the rest of the time!
He wanted to attack me when he was seven. I got in his face and gave him holy hell. It was that or shoot him. Great friend for long hikes in the woods. He even retrieved ducks for me in spite of being a weak swimmer. Had to put up with “the look” when I missed, though.
I know “the look”.
The “I did *my* part. Where is the bird? Look.
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