Pawsitive Update: Dog Saves Puppies From Porcupine Attack In Northern Arizona

[Sugar Cookie]

A litter of puppies is getting a second chance at life thanks to a Great Pyrenees named Spike.

According to the Animal Welfare League, the Schnauzer puppies were born in northern Arizona shortly after their owner passed away.

When shelter officials went up north to rescue the dogs, they found the pups and Spike alone in the desert.

Rescue workers noticed Spike had several porcupine quills in his face after apparently protecting the puppies from an attack.

AAWL officials say the puppies are currently being bottle fed every three hours by volunteers. Spike went into surgery to have the porcupine quills removed. Some quills were embedded so deep, AAWL’s team could not surgically remove them without causing more damage. Veterinarians say he was placed on heavy antibiotics that helped push the remaining quills to the surface and then he underwent a second surgery.

Officials say some of the Schnauzers have been adopted, and others are up for adoption. Rescue workers say Spike is recovering very well, making new friends and will be up for adoption in a few weeks.

Dog saves puppies from porcupine attack in northern Arizona

A litter of puppies is getting a second chance at life thanks to a Great Pyrenees named Spike.

www.abc15.com

 

[Keepalowprofile]

. Rescue workers noticed Spike had several porcupine quills in his face after apparently protecting the puppies from an attack.

Absolute utter bullshit.
Unless the puppies were threatening or chasing the porcupine it would not attack those puppies.
Since the puppies are being bottle fed then it's not likely they are old enough to chase the porcupine.

Porcupine do not eat puppies. They eat evergreen needles, inner bark on trees, berries and other soft plants.

I'm happy that the great pyrenees did exactly what it was bred to do and that is protect and care for it's flock. Even if that flock is a litter of puppies.

I absolutely hate when these animal rescues think up the most heart wrenching stories they can think of.

It's psychotic to make shit up like that.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I know I just wanted to post a pic of that scrumptious puppy.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

That looks like an anatolian shepherd. Not a great pyrenees.
And the puppy looks nothing like a Schnauzer.

Anatolian shepherd


Great pyrenees


Schnauzer puppy



Those are infact porcupine quills.
The rest is all fantasy.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I want them all.

 

[Alf]

all fantasy

Literally.

The puppies are being bottle-fed every three hours . . . so what was a male dog feeding them?

How did they come to hear of this event?

Where, exactly, were the puppies? Heading north from Phoenix, the desert gets left behind at a fair clip.

If the puppies needed rescuing, why couldn't a closer rescue have done it?

Veracity? 2/10. There was a dog, a porcupine, and puppies. Like you said, Keeps, the rest is sheer fantasy.

--Al

 

[Stebot]

I still would like to know where the puppies mom is ?

 

[BuffettGirl]

I was going to say Spike looks nothing like my former Jolie Madame aka the Moon Barking Puppyface. She could have posed for that picture @Keepalowprofile. ❤

@Sugar Cookie - I see a tummy in desperate need of zerberts!

 

[Keepalowprofile]

I still would like to know where the puppies mom is ?

This was a new species of porcupines.
The meat eating verity.
The porcupine ate her.

 

[Sejanus]

Fanciful story writing or as I call it...BS

 

[Alf]

Yup.

--Al

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Spike found his furever home.