warning: these pictures are quite brutal :( but there is a happy ending!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/04/porcupine-dogs-quills-canadian-man-crowdfunds-vet-bill

here's a nice pic of a dog if you cba with the article:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ad79a887046da7ad42139bf9e1a807466b964136/0_0_1000_1207/master/1000.jpg?w=620&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=9ba7385e4df4db51c2dc8bdfbbacf39c

dogs.

another question: will a private landlord let me a have a dog?