Brazil Dog News
RIO DE JANEIRO – A motorcycle shop owner in South-Central Brazil opened business Monday to find his watchdog injured with over a thousand porcupine spines, reported online media. The barbs, which peppered the pit bull’s face, snout, front legs and shoulders, required urgent veterinary attention.
Pit Bull Survives Vicious Porcupine Attack
The dog apparently managed to kill the barbed rodent during the attack.
Alcides Tadeu Queiroz Moura, the dog’s owner, found his injured dog when he opened his shop for business Monday morning. The motorcycle store is in Cochin, Mato Grosso do Sul, 243 kilometers (151 miles) from Campo Grande.
Veterinarian Antonio de Carvalho told G1 that he administered general anesthesia before removing the barbs, which measured 10 centimeters (almost 4 inches) on average. The procedure required nearly two hours.
“He left surgery pretty sore, especially on the inside of the mouth, where I had to use a scalpel to remove the thorns,” said Carvalho. He added that after the anesthesia wore off, the dog is doing well and is not at risk.
As a precaution, the dog will remain hospitalized for two days. “The porcupine does not release venom, but can cause infection in the dog. So he will remain under observation,” said the vet.
The dog guards the Motos Sao Paulo premises and over the years has chased off some other animals, such as snakes and an armadillo, Alcides told Coxin Agora.
Good, the dog deserved it. Maybe the vicious monster will learn not to attack everything that moves.
I think if u take baby oil and poor it all over the quills and get them nice and sofa then take a hair combo and pull up the dogs face with the combo the quills will rip right out the oil will really help so keep taking the combo and rip all the quills out in one pull with the hair prush combo u can pull out like 20 to 40 quills its alot of fun I love pulling quills out this ass hole man his dog got attack .4 times by the porcupine his pitbull could not stop him self he lived fighting with them and taking Big Bits out of the porcupine well the last time was the 4times this happen the man was so mad paying all the money to take them out and now it a pit so the dog will bit him if he start hurting him pulling them out with pillers so the man muzzed him and pulled the muzz so so tight and kept pull the muzzer tighter and tighter well he had to take it off to get the quills out around his nose and mouth Well what a fucking MESS O MY GOD There was blood every were he broke all the quills they were pushed in the dogs face there was 300 all broke push in he took the dog right to the vet it was do bad they were stoke in the muzz wen u pulled the muzz off the quills were pulling out of his face it was scared