Tuesday
Feb262008
Dog Days of February
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 7:49PM 
Old Cheemo
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Recent dog blogging:
- Dorothy posts a video of Tobi the Maltese performing his whole repertoire of impressive tricks.
- In the comments, Leslie left a link to a heart-warming story about a heroic dog who protected his family from a poisonous snake and nearly lost his own life. Very brave!
- Tim Irvin sent two photos of a pit bull who had a nasty run-in with a porcupine. Very foolhardy!
Yes, apparently these are real photos of a real porcupine encounter. I found the details at Snopes.com, where I learned that this incident happened on Victoria Day weekend of 2005. According to Inca’s owner, her dog simply kept on attacking the porcupine and would not give up!She had thousands of quills, and her tongue was so covered that she could not close her mouth.
These photos were taken by the vet before the quills were removed. Some could not be removed and had to be left to work themselves out over time, while others had to be cut out and the cuts stitched up after removal. Poor doggy!
Friday is the last day of the month, so if you have something you want to contribute to the Dog Days of February, Friday is your deadline. If you post anything dog related between now and Friday, send me the link by clicking on the Contact button in the sidebar, and I’ll link back to your post in the Friday’s post. Short on ideas? Here are a few suggestions.
Reader Comments (2)
I love those Andrew Stark dog photos! What a pretty color Old Cheemo is and I love the smile!
I relayed your compliment to him and you made his day!