Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog View Post
Wow. I've NEVER seen a dog with that many quills in him. Usually the porcupine slaps the dogs once with it's tail in the face, and that is that. I would venture a guess that perhaps this poor unfortunate dog is the dumbest dog in the world, and simply kept after the porcupine. I'd say that's more than a couple slaps of the tail.

I agree about them not learning ... my ex's lab Bubba has gone after too many porcupines to count. He keeps pliers and gloves on a shelf by the back door. The dog will NOT learn.
That dog must be like Kayleigh. She gets hit with the tail and instead of backing off, she gets mad and goes back for more! That dog has more quills than she or Muskwa ever has, but they have both been seriously quilled before!

I wish they were all like Heyoka. He sniffed one years ago, got four quills lightly attached to his nose; howled like he was being tortured and came running back to me. I pulled the quills out on the spot with my leatherman(never go hiking without a leatherman). Heyoka and I went to get the truck while Kayleigh finished her attack on the porky! Heyoka's never gone near one again and Kay hasn't learned a thing!