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good news

He’s made a complete recovery.

Amazingly, once those naughty quills were extricated, he was just fine.

Other than the dried blood chunks blocking the majority of the entrance to his nose the next morning.

Which I had to extricate, as well.

But really, he is fine now. 24 hours after the ‘incident’ and you’d never know he’d been within spitting distance of a porcupine.

And my kids? They have a bag of porcupine quills and a picture printed out of their simpleminded poor, defenseless dog (covered in said quills) ready to roll.

Gonna get a lot of show-and-tell play out of this one.

Thanks, Seamus.

We do love you.

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10.12.10 · real life, Seamus 14

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  1. Coffee Please!?! says

    October 12, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    Glad to hear all is okay! Great job in doing the removal all by yourselves!! I definitely would have been on the horn with the vet immediately – i'm such a chicken!!

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  2. Kristi says

    October 12, 2010 at 7:46 PM

    Bad news is Semus is a boy, right?
    Cause in my experience that means that he may have at least one more porcupine encounter before he really learns…

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  3. Mandie says

    October 12, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    Seamus reminds me of my sisters boxer, Buster. Poor guy had his tongue bit by a rockchuck. My sister estimates that they have spent over $4000 on vet bills for all the mishaps he gets himself into. Good thing they really love him!

    Glad to see Seamus is on the mend, until next time!

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  4. Shonni says

    October 12, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    What a cutie….Iโ€™m so glad that he is fine!!

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  5. Lesa and Samuel says

    October 12, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    i know this is totally OT! I NEED to find the website for the lady who cooks and you posted about her a few months back and you went to her house. Is this making any sense? I had planned on making a recipe from her website for dinner and now I can't it! Can you help me! Thanks!
    Lesa

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  6. Wendy says

    October 12, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    So glad is better, poor guy. My husband had our little Cavalier at an emergency vet clinic over the weekend and he said a doggy walked in with a snout that was looking just like Seamus'. Maybe it's porcupine hunting season ๐Ÿ™‚

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  7. Lee Ann says

    October 12, 2010 at 10:38 PM

    What a cute dog! I'm glad to hear that he's on the mend and doing well.

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  8. Stefanie says

    October 12, 2010 at 10:45 PM

    Thanks guys ๐Ÿ™‚
    Lesa, you must mean Pioneer Woman! She's at thepioneerwoman.com and I promise, whatever you make from her site… you will LOVE ๐Ÿ™‚

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  9. Gail says

    October 13, 2010 at 12:07 AM

    What an adorable face and happy he's doing well now!

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  10. Annie says

    October 13, 2010 at 1:59 AM

    So glad he is ok!!!

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  11. prechrswife says

    October 13, 2010 at 3:03 AM

    Glad to see he is doing well. I sent a link to your first post to my sister-in-law who is a vet (but in Georgia, where there are no porcupines). Knew she would appreciate the post.

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  12. 3 Peanuts says

    October 13, 2010 at 1:12 PM

    I am glad he is fine. I'll bet that was painful!!!

    LOVE the apple/pumpkin photos. I so miss that about iving up North. Here in TX….we don't have apple orchards and the pumpkins are at the grocery store or Faux pumpkin patches set up at churches. There is one place but it is pretty far and the wait get in is an hour. We went once but it was very commercial. So, I adore seeing lil country places like this on the blogs…it makes me nostalgic.

    We "window" shop a lot with our kiddos too:)))

    AdorABLE PHOTOS!!!!

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  13. Tammy says

    October 13, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Poor Seamus! I have to tell you that when I was a kid, my dog Gypsy got caught by a porcupine and my sisters and I took the quils and pictures to show and tell for years! Funny-she still would get in the face of other animals even after the "attack". She never did learn her lesson!

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  14. Aus says

    October 13, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    Glad he's well – but still – the word "nimrod" leaps to mind when I think about it! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    hugs – aus and co.

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