In the last month a lot of people have viewed the above article. Maybe a lot of people have had this problem and couldn't afford a veterinarian to fix this problem. With a manageable dog that is not too hysterical because of a face full of quills, it is possible to hog tie your dog and if he has quills up into the roof of his or her mouth you can put a 1 inch to 2 inch thick stick in his mouth so he or she doesn't bite you while you pull out the quills yourself with pliers. However, you usually need 2 strong people both physically and with a strong stomach to make this work. Also, you have to carefully observe your dog because the dog might go into shock and pass out and die. So, if you are doing this watch carefully how your dog is doing. If the dog loses consciousness from pain or distress you might lose the dog. So, it would be better to do this while the dog is conscious even if it is howling and screaming in pain. If you leave quills in the upper inside of the mouth in can be fatal so don't just break them off because they might work their way up into the dogs brain because of the way porcupine barbed quills actually work. They are potentially hard enough to work up through bone in time.
Also, once you grasp a quill with the pliers and free it from the wound be sure it comes all the way out of the mouth because if the dog gags or chokes on it that could be the end too.
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