A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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ljr wrote:
This probably a "dumb yankee" question but I'm going to be around the SE this winter and I've been wondering....
Are 'gators a concern when dogs are playing in and around the water like that?
Gators will get a dog in a heart beat! Do not allow your dog near any water that has alligators. Alligators wait along the banks and can strike suddenly and without warning, you will not see them until it is too late. Don't walk your dog on a lease near water that has alligators, it has been known for alligators to pull dog and human into the water together.
In Georgia especially in the Southern parts don't trust ponds, lakes or rivers as they will most likely have alligators in them. If you go to Laura S. Walker State Park in Waycross, Georgia be very, very, careful with your pets. There are campsites that are on the edge of the lake and leaving a pet tied out next to your camper is like dangling food before a starving animal.
Anything above the Atlanta, Georgia line is free from alligators. The large lakes like Clarks Hill Lake near Augusta is free from alligators, but once you come into the Augusta area and a line across the state from east to west from that point be on the look out.
