Interesting!! A few years ago doggie got too curious about a porcupine and got rewarded with quills in his nose area about 20 of them. Obviously his nose is a very tender sensitive area.
He was in a so much pain and excitability we could not extract the quills (with pliers) until we poured some whisky down his mouth which was also difficult. We should have mixed it with water.
Once he was drunk we got the quills out
Ethanol *is* a sedative/hypnotic drug. Not usually used as such in a veterinary context, though.