Once the hour-long procedure was over, Goldie was moved to another large bowl filled with water from her home tank to recover from the anaesthetic.

Lindsey Vonn's dogs have learned the hard way not to chase porcupines.The retired skiing superstar and Olympian shared a photo on Tuesday of her two pooches looking less than happy with muzzles of painful-looking quills after they decided to chase a porcupine near Vonn's home in Utah.

Odin the K9 police dog was hit by 200 porcupine quills (Image: Coos County Sheriff's Office)Heroic Odin was on the trail of a human suspect when he came face to backside with one nature’s most dangerous creatures.