While true, a porcupine quill ultimately did in my chocolate lab Jolie.
Unknown to us, one broke off in her mouth, embedded in her gum. A curious thing about quills is they continuously bore into whatever they are stuck in. She started having recurring infections. Antibiotics would knock it out for a week, then it would return. We played this game for a few months, then finally an xray revealed the problem. By the time we had this info it had drilled all the way into her jaw bone. She was 14, the infections had weakened her to the point that the vet had doubts she would survive the surgery.
We took her home to the woods and managed her pain until it was time.
My wife called me at work to let me know what I had to do when I got home. Fed her a moose steak and gave her one last wheeler ride to the river she loved to swim in.
Hardest trigger I’ve ever pulled. Put her in the river she loved.
I’ll be hoping Charley and Emmy fully recover.