Quote Originally Posted by r900 View Post
You can do it yourself. It's not pleasant, but the sooner you pull them out the better. They will steadily work themselves deeper into your pup and lead to infection if left alone.A plain old pair of pliers and a firm grip is what it takes.IMO $715 was unethical.
Yeah, I thought the $715 was pretty steep. But, it was 7 pm ($100 was just an "emergency" fee) and there were 2 dogs involved, so $350 each, which maybe is OK.
I tried to pull one from the Murph and he was obviously in pain from my attempt.
Neither dog backed off on it's own, they weren't bothered by the quills until about 15 minutes after the event, so not sure they'd be smart enough to not get into it again. I love to walk them there, but I guess I won't. At least not at dusk, that was stupid on my part.
A web search has come up with the same answers I'm getting here - Yes you can, and no you can't at about 50:50.
I'm guessing for me "no you can't" is the right answer, just because I'm a coward.
thanks,