OUCH, OMG OUCH

[mtnester]

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. poor dog. poor porcupine!

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. I'm gonna go out on a limb here, but I think he lost the fight

Poor pooch!

[Bassic]

15. I don't know

with that many wuills on him, I'd hate to see what happened to the porcupine.

[ET Awful]

3. Looks like that doggie was messin' where he shouldn't have been messin'

Youch.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

4. Poor thing!

He's taking acupuncture MUCH too far.

[supernova]

5. Oh NO!

I'll bet that dog with NEVER mess witha porcupine ever again! :D :hurts:

[LynneSin]

10. Hell, neither will I

:hurts:

[mtnester]

11. That's my thought too...a friend of mine just sent these pics to me and I

was nearly screaming out loud.

I am sure rather than the usual pliers on a few quills, this will require anesthesia.

Still, GOD, I cannot imagine....it hurts to look at

[Kali]

I have had dogs that NEVER learn.

Crazy mutts. I don't know what makes them go so crazy when they mess with porkypines but they almost always keep up the attack no matter how many times they get slapped too. Hard to call a dog off of one.

[Dhalgren]

6. Will he be alright? That's going to be major surgery...

Poor fellow, I hope his eyes are ok...

[lukasahero]

8. Thank you.

For a moment I thought I was the only one worried about the poor little thing. And yeah, especially his eyes.

[cyberpj]

23. see my post #21 -- She's ok

I had the same thought though -- the eyes!

[izzie]

7. The poor dog

He will sure need a vet for that

[jeff30997]

9. Holy shit !

I have goosebumps watching those pics.

[Shell Beau]

12. I've seen this. The dog is fine now. He should have stopped

before it got that bad. The porcupine probably doesn't have very many needles left.

[mtnester]

13. I am glad for that

still, this is a prime example of evolution at its finest! NO way would I get NEAR a porcupine now.

I thought skunks were the scariest thing around these parts, I would rather step on a skunk than a porcupine now. I am pretty sure Central Ohio is not part of their range (I hope)

[Shell Beau]

14. I wonder what happens when the porcupine uses that

many needles. Do they grow back? That is basically all of their protection, so I hope so!

[Bassic]

16. The dog didn't put an eye out?

[Shell Beau]

20. I don't know all of the details. I just know he is fine today. Maybe

with one less eye. I really don't know.

[MN ChimpH8R]

17. That dog, I say, that dog

must have been just a little slow on the uptake. Nice boy but about as sharp as a bowling ball.

I mean, one face full of quills wasn't enough??

[LynneSin]

18. Porcupines release more than 1 quill at a time

:D

[trof]

22. you do a good foghorn leghorn

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

19. That's got to hurt

a bit anyway

[cyberpj]

21. The Pre-quill (photo here) -- and an update on Inca's condition:

From Snopes (at the bottom of the Snopes info there is a link to the Pre-quill photo at the citytv mesage board)

Origins: An alternate version of this e-mail provides the additional information that the dog pictured above is a female bull terrier named Inca who had her memorable encounter with a porcupine in May 2005:

Inca apparently did not know when to quit when she encountered the porcupine on Victoria Day, May 23rd. These are the pictures the vet sent before the long (and expensive) procedure to remove the quills. She had thousands of quills, and her tongue was so covered, she could not close her mouth.

It was pretty scary at first. She is doing okay now, but looks like a World War III survivor as they had to cut some out in places, stitched between her toes, and many quills bled on removal.

Here are still quills buried in her, but they should work their way out over time (I pulled four more today). She is on antibiotics and pain meds and thankfully is doing quite well. Maybe she was showing off for her new boyfriend, Rocky, I don't know; but he only got a few in him, which friends were able to remove. Ike, of course, had better sense.

I sure hope that the Queen of Quills has learned her lesson...

Last updated: 25 July 2005

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/porcupinedog.asp

[Democracy White]

24. Oh shiver!!!

I just got goosebumps looking at that!

Oh it bothers!!!

Dee

[bridgit]

25. shit what a dumb-ass dog...

you'd think after the 1st hundred or so he'd have thought, "fuck this! i got better things to do!!"