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Young bulldog pup broke his cable run last night and Jack jumps the fence as desired. They took off back behind the house obviously up to no good. Last time this happened it was four days before someone saw the dogs and called me. I called for 3 hours before the pup came to me.

I knew he was a little bit hard headed....but dang  ;D

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Jack finally showed up around 4:00 or 5:00 am. He was back in yard trying to act as if nothing happened. I couldnt prove it but I think they were jacking with something  ;D
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I did what I could and let the vet finish the job. The pup had about 2/3 as many in his mouth as he did in his head. She guessed close to 1000 quils. Porcupines are not very common in our area.

DAMN!!!!  Wonder if they are broke of them now??

Oh wow...poor dogs :(

Man that's terrible! Looks like it took several times before they give up. Do you have a picture of your pup without all the quills?

They have all been removed by my vet or his wife....who is a vet too. She said a few were broke but they would fester out. The pup is not normal. He comes from some good blood. Vet told me she gave him twice as much sedative as the big dog and he still wouldnt sleep. She finally put an IV in him and had to go that route. She still had a hard time keeping him under sedation.

Id be willing to bet the porcupine is dead. I guess atleast know he would do the same on a hog...or hope so  ;D

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I misread that....I bet Jack..the older dog is. Think Cuz is too hard headed  ;D

Bump that is a good looking young bulldog. I have one almost identical but a little older

Thanks...he came from got2catchem's old stock. He is already a beast....and can run. Richard bred for quick mouths and he catches  hard and fast. He about 8 months old. Im just waiting few more months and hopefully 15-20 more lbs.

wow awesome pics i have never seen a porcupine defense except in cartoons lol poor hard headed bulldogs lol

I doubt it! lol

That is a very good lookin bulldog! Is he game bred?

They look alot alike.
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Bump.. My bulldog looks to be built like yours.  Hes a little ovr a yeard old, fast as all get out, hard headed and stubborn, and he wont "bulk" up.  Hes thinner than my curs..  He is in GREAT running shape but sure aint built like no bulldog

I'm so glad the porkies are not around my parts.  That just looks like it could really make a man get upset.  A couple of years ago, I sent a nice male hound I had up to Michigan to be run on bears.  My buddy had a horrible time breaking him off those dang varmits.  If a dog has not quit, it does not help.  I always thought he was kinda dumb, but the fact that he kept after them for a while just simply confirmed it.  I hope they learn on their own really soon for your sake. 

Looks like that young bulldog has plenty of bottom!!! I wonder if the "varmint" had anything left to stick him with??   ;D ;D ;D

Timmy, you want me to post a pic of TANK???  ;D ;D

Dam that looks awful it had to b painful hope they heal up and learned a lesson at least!!! :)

lol thats funny i aint gunna lie

where do ya live bump? glad the dogs are ok

I like the little black bulldogs too  ;D
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Yes...and he cold as hell  ;D

Lampasas...we really have very few around here. Especially on east end of county where I live.

I always thought mine would have learned. we got on a small group the other evening and got a few caught then my young dog went and found him a porcupine. he didn't have many just pulled them right there on the spot and was done with it. I've pulled quills out about a dozen times this year. I got an older dog that quit biting them and sit back and bay...or so I thought and the next time he found one he latched on again. these have all been cur dogs. they bayed one up one evenin' and I cut my bulldog loose and we pulled about 300 out of her in the field but that was my fault for turnin' her loose. I don't think they ever learn but the porcupines are starting to get a lil thin around here  ;D

thats one way to trash break em..lol

  Bump,
        Could of swore I seen one on the side of the road dead a few weeks back. Then coming home Friday night swear one crossed in front of me. Thought I was seeing things? Maybe my eyes were not playing tricks on me. Hope the dogs don't find any!!!!!!!!

On 84 just west of Evant...southside lane?  ;D

The gov trapper said he been catching a lot lately. Two weeks ago he asked if I had see any....said they seem to be moving into our area. Guess so..ha

Dayum bud, Im sure glad they are gonna be alright. I'm a little worried now, about hunting in that hill country... ;)

What bloodline of bulldog are ya'll running?

Bump

In 1977 I took my lead strike dog, a leopard cur and my catch dog to Alaska.  The cur bayed a porcupine and my catchdog looked worse than your dog but not by much.  By the time we crawled through the alders to get to her, the big huge porcupine, nearly the size of the 60 pound pitt, was in two halves.  She went clean through it like a chainsaw.  

We spent hours pulling quills, some even pinned her jaws together and sewed her lips shut.  Some were so far back in her throat we could not get to them.  Some were really long quills, 4-5" as it was a large animal.

The local vet in Alaska said to me, " The will migrate around in her body for years.  We cannot surgically remove them all, as they do not show up on X-rays as they are protein, keratin, etc.. so we cannot know where to find them.  They may do her no harm.  Or they could migrate to her spine, heart, brain, or other key organ and kill her.  She may live two days, two months, or two years before they kill her."

The dog lived for another 7 years to die of natural causes.

These are the two dogs that stirred up all the trouble in photo link below.  I was afraid they were on a brown bear!  Later in the summer I was fishing near the same place and the cur bayed a huge brown bear that came for our fish.  I was afraid the bear would kill the dog as those bears are faster than you think.  But the cur, Cyrus, was a veteran hog dog and made that bear sit down and eventually run off.  No contest.  Bear was freaked out by the dog.  Maybe it was the blue eyes?  LOL!

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Good story Buddy. I have noticed the broken quills are pushing out and migrating in his mouth. I pull several out every evening. He not too fond of it.

Tmatt...not sure got2catchem can answer that. The pup is out of his stock. My older dog came from the pound.