^^^ this ^^^

This is his second go with a porky. I doubt it would teach him anything if I hurt him more than I had to yanking the quills.

This dog has an insane prey-drive. When he gets whiff of bird he locks on like a heat-seeking missile and very little will stop him until he flushes that bird. He routinely hunts himself bloody and seems impervious to pain when hunting.

When the porky slapped him he came out of the thick stuff, pawed at his snout a few times and wanted to start hunting again. He was more annoyed because I made him stop to pull the quills than he was with the tail-slap. He hunted back to the truck with the two deep ones still stuck in his nose.

Ever since he was a pup:



And he continues as an adult:

Geez! Do your grouse live in Green Briar or something? That old dog is flat tore up!

We always like to sedate and really go over the dog to find even the tiniest quills. They can imbed and eventually find their way into the bloodstream and cause big time problems. Love our hunting dogs so much! They have a great life and they work hard. Some of our favorite patients!

You would think he would avoid them after the first time.

We always like to sedate and really go over the dog to find even the tiniest quills. They can imbed and eventually find their way into the bloodstream and cause big time problems. Love our hunting dogs so much! They have a great life and they work hard. Some of our favorite patients!