I remember when we used to visit my Grandmother years ago,you always had to watch where you sat down. She used everything for a pin cushion: the arm of the chair the drapes next to her chair her clothes or anything you could stick a pin in. I also had a Dashound ( I don't remember how to spell it)and he was acting funny. He kept putting his paws in his mouth and scratching at something. He had a needle stuck between a top and bottom molar. I sat him straight op in the corner of an arm chair and pull it out with with a pair of pliers. I couldn't believe he didn't bite me when I got it out. He wasn't the nicest dog. I have no Idea where he got it from but I have pulled croked pins out of my foot more than once when I would step on one and they would hit the bone and bend in a little wiggle. Does that sound familiar to anyone?