NBR Thoughts and prayers needed **pic in comments-warning**

Syllessa

I let my newfie out this morning and she found a porcupine to play with. We will be wrestling quills out of her face until the vet opens.

Syllessa

And....its both dogs. Newfie and great Dane wrestling. Fuck on toast.

lrobi13

That is awful. Poor pups! I hope they are not hurting too badly.

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Oh no! Poor dog. I hope she feels better soon!

Saragoeswest

Oh no! Sorry!!

Liss1481

Hope she feels better.  Ironically, I just finished pulling quills out of my first patient of the day.  Good luck!

wildflower75

So sorry!

linnae939

Hopefully they learn their lesson. I hope they feel better. We had a three dog skunk party once. Not fun!

vrj0522

Oh no! Poor baby! 

Syllessa

We got most of the face ones out, but since the dogs had tried to kill the thing (read: bit it more than once) their mouths were FULL of quills. They are at the vet waiting to be put under to get the rest. My GD, Dante, just sits so still while you work on him. Gypsy took me laying across her body while FI pulled. She's nearly 200lbs of pure muscle.

Syllessa

AppleGrapeMSTK

Ouch!  Poor thing!

krysngreg

O my. Poor doggie. How sucky.

andrieya

Oh my gosh your poor pup!!!!!! I hope they feel better soon. That picture is just awful!!!

asarem93

Oh poor baby! I can't even imagine how much that hurts =(

PBJellyTime

OH NO!!! Poor baby!! I never expected it to look quite like that!!  I hope the vet can provide your sweet thing with some pain relief!  Not to sound completely stupid, but where are you?? There aren't porcupines by me...we are stupid and think they are cute.

Syllessa

PBJellyTime said:

OH NO!!! Poor baby!! I never expected it to look quite like that!!  I hope the vet can provide your sweet thing with some pain relief!  Not to sound completely stupid, but where are you?? There aren't porcupines by me...we are stupid and think they are cute.

Central South Dakota.  I used to think they were cute, too, when I lived in GA. 

victoria+james

Poor puppy!

MrsTinMKE

Oh my gosh poor baby! I hope he is feeling better soon!!

GretchenWeiners7

Eek I hope your pups are feeling better soon!

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BreandMikewedding

Ouch. So who won? Dogs or porcupine? I guess it could be worse. It could have been a skunk!

Emerald27

Oh my goodness!!! Poor pups!

I've never seen a porcupine except maybe in a zoo, and I also thought they were cute...I would think the spines would deter the dogs from biting, at least more than once! Why would they keep biting at it when they were getting poked with quills?!

T&Ps for a speedy recovery for your poor dogs!

andrieya

@Syllessa‌ I will be thinking about those pups all day! Please keep us posted!

toomanycats1

Oh no, poor guy!  Hope he feels better soon.  That pic is just heartbreaking... he looks so sad

Syllessa

Emerald27 said:

Oh my goodness!!! Poor pups! I've never seen a porcupine except maybe in a zoo, and I also thought they were cute...I would think the spines would deter the dogs from biting, at least more than once! Why would they keep biting at it when they were getting poked with quills?! T&Ps for a speedy recovery for your poor dogs!

::sigh:: I have no idea.  I asked them both the same question.  Dante is a moron anyway, but he's scared of sleeping kittens, so I have no idea why he was involved.  Why couldn't they have just found a skunk?  They both needed baths anyway, and a bath of vinegar and water is cheaper than vet bills.

Syllessa

Here's Gypsy.  For the record, I wasn't just standing around taking pictures.  FI had to remove the back seat from the expedition and run the kids to the bus stop before we could load them up.  I needed the distraction so I would stay calm for them.

linnae939

poor "little" guys! I hope everything went smoothly at the vet!

glggirl

Holy shit! When you said wrestling with a porcupine I figured maybe 15 quills ended up on their faces!  Poor pups   

When our dog did the same thing, he got some quills through his tongue. Luckily it wasn't nearly as many as your guys, so we could get them all out ourselves, but still not pleasant.

Lots of healing thoughts to your poor dogs.

bennikki

Ugh!  That sucks!  My family has a hunting ranch between Huron and Mitchell, and one year the same thing happened to one of the dogs.  It was horrible, and I hope your pup gets some relief soon!

bumpuser10309732

Awe poor doggy! I hope they're ok!

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This makes me want to cry! Poor babies i hope they get relief soon. Keep us updated!

pnwlover12

I just opened this. I am so sorry about your pups. I hope they are ok.

Briala

Emerald27 said:

Oh my goodness!!! Poor pups! I've never seen a porcupine except maybe in a zoo, and I also thought they were cute...I would think the spines would deter the dogs from biting, at least more than once! Why would they keep biting at it when they were getting poked with quills?! T&Ps for a speedy recovery for your poor dogs!

Yes you'd think that we have porcupines and our Beagle got into one last summer, now whenever we see one we are extra careful because he will go after any porcupines he sees. They can be really stubborn, but the original porcupine started hanging around the area and our other dog eventually chased it up a tree and we had to kill it as it had gotten a habit of baiting the other dogs around our house!
But it's crazy what dogs will actually go after if they are curious or if something gets on their turf. Our Shiba Inu went after a mama moose once. It was terrifying to watch.

@syllessa I hope your furbabies are doing better!

Syllessa

My puppies are home and acting like nothing happened. The vet counted how many quills they pulled-357. They have some meds in case of infection, but other than that are just fine.

Emerald27

Syllessa said:

My puppies are home and acting like nothing happened. The vet counted how many quills they pulled-357. They have some meds in case of infection, but other than that are just fine.

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Thank goodness they're ok! Can they eat and drink? I am still in disbelief, those poor pups!

Syllessa

Emerald27 said:

My puppies are home and acting like nothing happened. The vet counted how many quills they pulled-357. They have some meds in case of infection, but other than that are just fine.
Thank goodness they're ok! Can they eat and drink? I am still in disbelief, those poor pups!

Eating and drinking fine.  I gave them each a bit of liver with their supper for being such good sports about the whole thing.

golfingdarwinfish

Oh my gosh that's crazy!!!!!!!!!  The poor babies  

onelilroo

Our newfie chow mix we had when I was a kid attacked a porcupine once and had quills all down his throat. After they got them out he was fine, just groggy. That was a sucky emergency vet visit in the middle of the night tho, we were camping at the time.
I hope your dogs feel better soon!

andrieya

357?!?!?! Wow

BeckyH05

Wow! That's a lot of quills! Glad they are feeling better!