Linda7NJ
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oh my gosh!!! the poor dog yes even if its a pitbull poor thing has to be in tremendous pain!!
While porcupines aren't usually agressive, they have been known to do what a lot of conservationists call "attacking" back. They are one of the few rodents that aren't percieved as a threat to anything but the areas they live in.
Porcupines have been known to present a bristling back to anything they percieve as a threat. They will attack (actually turn their back to their opponent whenever possible and strikes back and forth with their tail) to protect their young and they will attack if they get rabies, are sick, during mating season males will fight with teath and quills, females are very territorial, or when frightened. A dog simply sniffing to close can inadvertently be hit with quills when the porcupine flips it's tail into their face.
The quills are easily dislodged and it's entirely possible that the pup was mearly curious and just go to close. Kind of like the dog in Disney's Homeward Bound movie.
http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/mar/papr/porcupine.html
I've felt sorry for many a dog who got to close to a porcupine and got a lot of quills from the tail and back....it can happen very quickly. Thankfully the quills have a sort of antibiotic quality that they don't cause infection...