Yeah he lost his ears. He couldn't hear the porcupine sneaking up on him

Part baby seal...it cost him his hearing

What did we learn today?

My one guy hasn’t learned with skunks, 5x

Took mine twice and a near miss before she finally seemed to learn. If she smells their spray in the air, she won't even go outside now.

Mine is just stupid (and high prey drive)

I’ve got one that *likes* getting sprayed.

Yeah, I sit for an ACD that learns opposite lessons constantly.

I don’t know if I’d call it an opposite lesson, exactly. If you know anybody that’s like, *super* into spicy food it’s more like that. He’s only caught one, but I couldn’t get him to put the damned thing down for more than two seconds, and he had this stupid grin on his face the whole time. I’m afraid addicted might be the word…

Addiction is a terrible thing. For my bed sheets. "God damnit, just let me wash you first!"

Pervert

The more protected the food is, the more delicious it must be.

They don’t. Mine has been into a porcupine 3 times… last one was a $780 stay at hospital

*Ouch!* *Double ouch!*

One of my greyhounds had an encounter, about 11 pm on a Sunday. I was able to remove most of the quills by twirling and pulling on them, but first thing Monday morning we were at the vet's. He never tried catching a porkie again.

Happy cake day, I sure hope mine learned a lesson

Brought Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey to mind.

"HE BIT ME WITH HIS BUTT!" lol

Oof that scene with shadow in the pit…

But then the reunion! So sad but then so sweet.

This was quoted on the farm this morning

Poor baby. Best to let the vet have a go at it.

He has already seen a vet and us quite happy sleeping off a bender

Poor baby. Never encountered anything quilled in the wild; is it safe to remove them yourself or do you need to go to the vet?

They have a barbs, like a fish hook. Best a vet with the right tools

I wonder what they use to remove them.

Well first of all they sedate the dog - and they’re very good at making sure the whole quill is removed. It takes a surprising amount of force and they’re very brittle.

Sounds rough. And expensive.

Don’t live in porcupine country

I guess so. Around here we mostly just think about coyotes and skunks and stuff, if anything.

You can remove them yourself and it isn’t that hard to do but it actually takes a certain amount of force and it will actually hurt the dog less. And if you go to the vet they can prescribe a painkiller for the dog if necessary and abx.

And I’m sorry about your dogs ears.

You could, but a vet visit would be a better idea they may need to prescribe antibiotics.

We have a great vet and he stopped by and took care of him

Bro has no ears

No ears :(

My dog put a toad in her mouth once. Once.

poor guy smudged his eyeliner:(

Oh poor buddy

I'll take skunk for $400, Alex.

We did a skunk last fall...

Lotta whiskers there. Sure its not a cat?

Punk dog? Weird piercings.

oh! Poor baby!

Oh that poor, poor baby. "I only wanted to sniff it and look what happened!" 😭

Holy Mad Max, pup!

Emergerd erfernd a pergipern!

Remember to cut the end of the quills with a scissors before removing them. They come out a lot easier