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  1. 03-31-2010, 19:20 #1
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    Default Porcupine 1 - Dog 0

    A pitbull was in his backyard in southern California , minding his own business, when a porcupine invades his territory. The brave but stupid pit bull immediately challenges the porcupine...


    A vet sedated the dog and then removed a total of 1,347 quills.The dog survived...
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    Ouch!!!!!!!!! It looks as though the quills are in his eyes too! Poor dog, I'm sure he lost some if not all his sight.

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    All I got to say is - OUCH!!!!
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    After going through all that I hope he got that little sucker!

    Poor dog...that has to really hurt
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    Given the extent of the quills, I would guess that he hit the quills, and didn't back off. Discretion is the better part of valor.
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    It certainly should give one "paws" for thought
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    With out intervention my guess would have been a case of natural selection.

    I cannot imagine the cost of the vet bill.
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    Where do you even start to remove those?
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    Man...that's kinda hard to look at.
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    Poor baby.....
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    figures it would happen to a pit bull..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Panzer1 View Post
    figures it would happen to a pit bull..

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    I'm confident my standard poodle is fool enough to do the same.
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    Uhh ooops ...

    http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?t=59054
    Dogs are excellent judges of character, this fact goes a long way toward explaining why some people don't like being around them.

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    IMO many breeds of dogs are smarter than humans. Rocks are smarter than Pit Bulls.
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