My mom fell in love with lupines when she and my dad took a trip to Nova Scotia several years ago. She started planting them all over around the outside of the house. They are very pretty flowers. Funny story, I opened your post then quickly looked at my other screen to read an email. As my head was turning I saw the picture of your dog out the corner of my eye and I seriously thought it was a picture of a camel. That is until I looked back at the screen and realized it was Sam. That looks like a nasty burr. I am glad you got it taken care of!