Post by NE Track on Nov 29, 2012 16:31:27 GMT -6
New Smell In The Woods
The 2012 tracking season has been an interesting so far and this is how it began. A week before the deer season opened I was out hiking and had to make an adjustment to one of my most productive tree stands. Recent storms brought down some large trees so I had to open up some deer trails and recut some shooting lanes. Sadie is always with me when I go into the woods and this day was no different.
I packed in a chainsaw and began to cut through the large trees. Sadie disappeared, I wasn’t too worried because she never wanders far and last I saw her she was ten yards away. I finished my tree cutting and called her name. She came crawling out of a den underneath a trees root ball. I thought what a smart dog she found a place to stay cool on a hot day. As we left the hardwoods and returned to the truck Sadie ran ahead chasing squirrels and flushing ruffled grouse everything seemed fine. I could see her up ahead of me about fifty yards at the end of a cornfield. She always waits for me before we cross the road to the truck. That’s when I saw the right side of her muzzle. My heart sank her nose was full of Porcupine quills.
I called her to me and she sat. She didn’t seem to be in any pain so I proceeded to remove the quills. She whined a little bit but I think that was from the firm grip I had on her muzzle. She seemed fine and she wasn’t bleeding. I put some Triple antibiotic on her that we carry in her first aid kit. I kept an eye on her over the next few days she seemed fine then she started sneezing heavily and blood was coming out her nose. She developed a sinus infection and It took about a week and a half to nurse her back to full functioning healthy dog.
The woods were loaded with Porcupines this year the numbers were unusually high. Sadie has learned that Porcupines are a bad smell and she stays away. This is a picture of one that she let climb up a wild apple tree.
The 2012 tracking season has been an interesting so far and this is how it began. A week before the deer season opened I was out hiking and had to make an adjustment to one of my most productive tree stands. Recent storms brought down some large trees so I had to open up some deer trails and recut some shooting lanes. Sadie is always with me when I go into the woods and this day was no different.
I packed in a chainsaw and began to cut through the large trees. Sadie disappeared, I wasn’t too worried because she never wanders far and last I saw her she was ten yards away. I finished my tree cutting and called her name. She came crawling out of a den underneath a trees root ball. I thought what a smart dog she found a place to stay cool on a hot day. As we left the hardwoods and returned to the truck Sadie ran ahead chasing squirrels and flushing ruffled grouse everything seemed fine. I could see her up ahead of me about fifty yards at the end of a cornfield. She always waits for me before we cross the road to the truck. That’s when I saw the right side of her muzzle. My heart sank her nose was full of Porcupine quills.
I called her to me and she sat. She didn’t seem to be in any pain so I proceeded to remove the quills. She whined a little bit but I think that was from the firm grip I had on her muzzle. She seemed fine and she wasn’t bleeding. I put some Triple antibiotic on her that we carry in her first aid kit. I kept an eye on her over the next few days she seemed fine then she started sneezing heavily and blood was coming out her nose. She developed a sinus infection and It took about a week and a half to nurse her back to full functioning healthy dog.
The woods were loaded with Porcupines this year the numbers were unusually high. Sadie has learned that Porcupines are a bad smell and she stays away. This is a picture of one that she let climb up a wild apple tree.
