OMG!! Canadian Dogs Spiked By Porcupine

Two Canadian dogs have survived a harrowing run-in with a porcupine, but the encounter has left their owner with hefty medical bills.

Mahalo, a pit bull, was playing with his brother and another dog on his owner's farm in Craven, Saskatchewan, when the dogs ran afoul of a porcupine.

Mahalo had to be rushed to a veterinarian after the porcupine's quills pierced his heart and lungs.
Clad in a cone, she is recovering at home, but the healing process is long.
Mahalo's owner Dennis Mazur, a 39-year-old social worker, has had to take time off work to tend to the dog.

"The veterinarian said if [Mahalo] hadn't been a pit bull with all that muscle she wouldn't have survived," said Mike Gerrand, Mr Mazur's friend who organised a fundraising campaign.