->  > from FL to TX and hadn't run into them at all (until
->  > we went to a park
->  > that is and the sand burs here are bigger/softer and
->  > easier to get out.)

->  BM> No, these sand spurs I'm talking about are very sharp and spiky; they
->  BM> look like miniature medieval maces.  The dog bared her teeth so that
->  BM> her lips wouldn't get stuck by the spines.

->  Yeah I know THOSE kind :) ... the ones around the fake lakes here in
-> the FW area though a not as spikey, softer and bigger. Different
-> trees.

-> Snart dog how she knew how to get them out! :)

As does my Pit Bull, lifts paw and waits for _dad_ to extract it 
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