poor, poor lexi

This was taken a week ago, after Lexi met a porcupine at Beaudry Park. Twenty quills in all. Six in the nose (including two up the nose), and fourteen in the paws. Two of them broke off, which meant a trip to the vet today for extraction. The went in the bottom and came out the top, which is pretty surreal, and I'm trying not to think about it too much.

If I were a betting man (you know what I mean), I'd wager a large sum that she did not learn her lesson. We did, however, and all future hikes will include leather gloves and needle nose pliers!