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\u201cWhat\u2019s she barking at?\u201d Julee said. \u201cShe\u2019s really riled up.\u201d<\/p>\n

I looked out the window into the gloaming, the time of day so many critters emerge for their nocturnal prowls. Evidently Gracie had treed one. <\/p>\n

\u201cHey, Gracie, come!\u201d I shouted out the door and whistled. She was having none of it. This was between her and whatever she was keeping at bay. I could just butt out, thank you.<\/p>\n

\u201cGo get her,\u201d Julee said. \u201cShe\u2019ll drive the neighbors crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Gracie
Gracie gets her toy, post-porcupine.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I threw on a coat and jogged down to the apple tree where my golden had her quarry trapped. She was all proud and puffed up, tail aloft, glancing at me then staring at the upper branches of the tree. Apparently. she\u2019d apprehended someone eating her apples which was strictly verboten. Usually, a family of deer were the culprits and were dutifully chased and chastised but this time it was a small, dark creature, probably a black squirrel curled way up towards the treetop. There were no other trees near enough to serve as an escape route, so it was stuck waiting her out.<\/p>\n

\u201cC\u2019mon, Cujo, you made your point.\u201d <\/p>\n

Gracie followed me up the hill through the fading light back to the house, a bit of a prance to her stride, casting an occasional glance and a woof over her shoulder for good measure. Dogs. Always have to have the last word.<\/a> Especially Gracie.<\/p>\n

After such exertions she deserved a treat, which she snatched greedily. She was too jazzed up to be corrected for that indelicacy, so I let it go. Then she curled up for a nap while I worked a little and Julee dozed off watching a movie. When it was time for bed Gracie came over to me. She was limping slightly.<\/p>\n

\u201cOverdid it?\u201d<\/p>\n

She sat and showed me her paw. I took out a flashlight. There were thin silvery quills mixed in with her golden fur, barely perceptible. That was a porcupine she treed but not before getting quilled in her left foreleg. Gracie probably took a swat at it. No wonder she was so mad.<\/p>\n

\u201cPoor thing!\u201d Julee said. \u201cIt\u2019s too late to drive her up to Albany to the animal ER. We\u2019ll have to wait till our vet opens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst thing,\u201d I said, warning myself that I\u2019d be a fool to try removing them on my own, though I\u2019d seen it done before. It\u2019s just that I couldn\u2019t bear to think of Gracie in pain. There is nothing sadder than a dog who hurts.<\/p>\n

I dug out some pain pills she had been prescribed when she strained her back chasing a tree-trimming truck up the driveway a couple years ago\u2014don\u2019t worry, I checked the expiration date\u2014and gave her one. I wanted her to sleep deeply enough that she wouldn\u2019t lick or chew the quills and have one end up lodged in her throat. That happens, and I said a fervent prayer that it wouldn\u2019t. <\/p>\n

Do dogs know when we pray for them?<\/a> Is it some acute level of concern that they sense? I moved her bed as close to ours as possible and tried not to cry. I\u2019m actually not much of a crier\u2014except when it comes to certain pieces of music\u2014but with Gracie I\u2019m a bit of a marshmallow. <\/p>\n

The prayers and the pill worked. She slept easy while Julee and I took turns keeping an eye on her. In the morning she was barely hobbling and was her usual hungry self\u2014though I didn\u2019t feed her for fear that the vet might have to sedate her and that earned me an aggrieved and puzzled look. <\/p>\n

I called ahead to our vet\u2019s office, and they were ready for us when we arrived\u201410 minutes before they opened. Once before, I\u2019m sorry to report, Gracie caught just a few quills in her muzzle chasing through the brush at Monument Mountain and didn\u2019t seem to mind them at all. I had the ER vet mildly sedate her to remove them, and I think feeling so woozy afterwards upset her far more than the quilling. Dr. Phillips said she would try to remove them without sedation but would have to put her under if the pain got too bad. She\u2019d found a lot more quills than I\u2019d originally thought. Small quills. Probably a young porcupine. <\/p>\n

My whole body tensed as they led her to the treatment room. I stood there holding her leash and begging God to please, please, please not let it hurt.<\/p>\n

It seemed like hours before they brought her back\u2014it was less than an hour, actually\u2014and she came bounding over to me. She had some kind of red fuzzy toy in her mouth with bug eyes and half a tail. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe let her pick out a toy,\u201d Dr. Phillips said. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow is she?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazing. She didn\u2019t flinch, she didn\u2019t wince, she didn\u2019t even yelp, not even a little bit. I\u2019ve never seen such a smart dog. She just stayed very still, which was very important. We must have pulled out 30 quills. More, probably.\u201d<\/p>\n

She showed me the quills floating in a surgical dish. They looked like tiny little sharks. My knees went weak. \u201cDid you sedate her?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDidn\u2019t need to. She was perfect. It was amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

They sent her home with antibiotics and a few pain pills I insisted on though Dr. Phillips was just as insistent she wouldn\u2019t need them, and she was right. Some dog I have. <\/a><\/p>\n

Did God keep Gracie in His arms while they took out the quills? I like to keep that image aglow in my imagination and in my heart to remind me that I have a brave dog and a kind God, and I am very blessed.<\/a> I just hope that porcupine learned his lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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