Disaster Averted!

Met this guy on the morning walk in the woods today. The dogs were behind me poking about another area. I tried to snap a few shots with the FZ40 camera I had borrowed from a neighbor, not knowing it's idiosyncrasies quite yet and only managed to get a couple half decent shots.

When the dogs trotted out on the opposite side and saw the porcupine my stomach plummeted but I yelled "STOP, leave it," and other similar commands and they LEFT IT ALONE. Can't believe Ziggy listened when it counted, for once. Good dogs!