Pit vs. Porcupine
James has pics of what is the result of a pit bull vs. porcupine match (pics are not for the squeamish). Somewhere, there is a naked porcupine. James wonders if it’s real. I thought it was possible as bully type dogs aren’t exactly known for giving up.
Jay emails that Snopes says it is real. But it’s a bull terrier.
July 29th, 2005 at 11:06 am
Unfortunately for the pit bull if these are in fact authentic, it will most likely die. From experience bear and hog hunting any porcupine attack on a dog that can achieve a good quill stick to the mouth area can cause the dog extreme pain and in allot of cases a single quill will keep the animal from eating resulting in the animal starving itself to death. The infections to dogs from a single stick are usually enough to make the animal very sick at the very least and in allot of cases result in death if not given antibiotics.
July 29th, 2005 at 11:24 am
The dog is reportedly doing fine.
July 29th, 2005 at 11:36 am
if you follow the last link on snopes they show two other poor mutts with similar problems.
I’m a cat person, even more so now.
July 29th, 2005 at 11:41 am
I’m not a cat person. Can’t justify keeping a box of shit in my house.
July 29th, 2005 at 11:44 am
Any chance to get a number to this dogs vet? To remove one quill on a female blue tick we used vise grips and all the force we and the dog could stand. After 3-4 days of tugging with not a single budge the shoulder area surrounding the quill became very infected. 6-8 weeks passed and the skin, flesh, and muscle basically rotted away and allowed the quill and all the infected mass to be removed leaving quiet the hole. A few short weeks we lost her to the infection. This pit must be a haus to be able to survive this, and hats off to its vet…!!
July 29th, 2005 at 2:33 pm
Dude where can i get a dog that dumb?
just kidding
July 29th, 2005 at 2:47 pm
ot – check this out (and the other books suggested)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0873642767/ref=pd_sbs_b_4/002-9483733-0915255?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance
July 29th, 2005 at 2:54 pm
What’s that got to do with anything?
July 29th, 2005 at 3:57 pm
Someone sent me that picture last week in an email, and I thought it was a Bull Terrier too. It made me sick to look at it and I couldn’t bear to post it in the blog, although I’m glad James did.
Something for every dog owner to keep in mind. Quill removal advice here:
http://www.bestfriendspetcare.com/Pet_tips/removingporcupinequills.cfm
July 29th, 2005 at 6:28 pm
Can’t keep a box of shit in your house? What do you do with dirty diapers?
July 29th, 2005 at 6:46 pm
Heh. Hermetically sealed in plastic baggies then put into a diaper genie.
But that’s just temporary 🙂
July 29th, 2005 at 7:32 pm
That pic has made quite the email rounds. I have talked with 3 other ppl around the country who have received it. Email speads like herpes…
July 31st, 2005 at 4:20 am
Real cats poop outdoors.