Pet owners warning

[BobWanderer]

Just thought I would "throw" this out there for you who would rather NOT read about "T****". :B

Saturday, while camping between Soggy dry lake and the "Rock Pile" I take one of our dogs for a walk, 6:30 PM, flat ground, no rocks, just your normal desert brush. Ryder sniffs each bush, lifts His leg, and heads to the next one. About 25 bushes later He litterly does a back flip and sits down next to me, out crawls a Mojave Green rattle snake !!!
Both our dogs have had the "snake Vaccine" and been to the rattlesnake avoidance class, He did what he was supposed to do.
D W ended up taking Him to the Vet to get checked out, We could not see any "fang marks" or blood, but his snout started to swell up about 30 minutes later. He is O K and was able to come back out to camp and spend the weekend with Us. HE IS ONE LUCKY DOG !!
For those who do not know, Mojave Greens are porobably the most potent of the "rattlers" and very aggressive. Dogs are "nosey" and will stroll right up to a snake and thats why they get bit.
The class teaches them the "sight,sound and smell" of a rattler and both Of Our dogs went to the class on Friday, 1 1/2 days later one gets put to the ultimate test. Of the 2 dogs, Ryder was the one I worried about, even with the class. Dez went way around all the snakes and it was very obvious She wanted nothing to do with them.
Ryder passed the class, but in my opinion got way too close to the snakes, but the trainers assured me he would be O K. They were right.
Please make sure you dogs get the shot and training if you live in snake territory or camp with them. I spent about 4 hours in suspense and worried sick until D W called back with the good news.
It possibly was a "dry bite" or "flesh wound" and did not inject any venom.

[Judy_D]

was very impressed with the class . It was $75 for the first dog and $50 for each additional dog. Was worth every dollar to us. Plus you can bring your dog back for a refresser coarse at no charge. 2people did this in our class of 12 dogs. There dogs didn't even come close to where the snake was. So they deffinatly remember. The whole class only took 1 & 1/2 hours !
I highly recomend this for any one that takes there dog out where there are snakes.
Judy D.

[BobWanderer]

I tried to put up a link to a class, but no worky.
Type in "snakebreak.com" and then click the "snake avoidance", that should bring up a class today/tommorrow and another in June.
Good Luck

[Jerrybo66]

I don't care where they belong, they're great.. 🙂 I remember when the fireman and dog picture was on the news. The firemen saved the dog from the fire and after everything was over the dog went to the fireman and licked his face. Stories like that need to be retold...

[BobWanderer]

I know, I know, I know

These belong in the Pet forum, But :W

[BobWanderer]

Knowing Dave's Dad was a fireman 😉

[dedmiston]

Hilarious!

[BobWanderer]

For Our favorite Mods :B

[BobWanderer]

Jerrybo66 wrote:

BobWanderer wrote:

dedmiston wrote:
If you don't mind my asking, how much was the class?

The class We went to was $75 and I have seen them for $65.

I thought it would be more than that. Living in the AZ. desert I think we'll take our dogs to a class. How far from the snake are the dogs supposed to be able to detect them? I've seen some pretty big ones and understand they can strike half their length. Most snakes get out of the way, some hold their ground but I've seen some that have a bad attitude and advance.
Thanks.

My 2 1/2 year old Yellow won't go within 10', maybe more.
The 1 year old chocolet gets too close for my liking, he will be going back next year and see if He does better. As far as seeing or hearing them they usually stay pretty far away, smelling them has way too many variables to effect the distance. The thing I was impressed with, the Chocolet was close enough to get bit, but reacted quickly and got out of the way and made sure I was aware the snake was there.
I made sure to praise Him for His actions, but My heart sank when I saw it was a Mojave Green. Glad He is O K
When I talked with the trainer, He said one of the snakes does not have any rattles so the dog picks up the scent instead of the sound and the final "test", the snake is very visable and NOT hiding in the weeds/bushes, so they get tested with smell/sound/sight.

The training goes pretty quick for most dogs, under 10 mins for the yellow and a little longer for the chocolet, so I imagin they could run quite a few dogs thru the class each day.

[Jerrybo66]

BobWanderer wrote:

dedmiston wrote:
If you don't mind my asking, how much was the class?

The class We went to was $75 and I have seen them for $65.

I thought it would be more than that. Living in the AZ. desert I think we'll take our dogs to a class. How far from the snake are the dogs supposed to be able to detect them? I've seen some pretty big ones and understand they can strike half their length. Most snakes get out of the way, some hold their ground but I've seen some that have a bad attitude and advance.
Thanks.

[BobWanderer]

http://www.news.com.au/weird-true-freaky/man-bitten-by-walmart-rattlesnake/story-e6frflri-1111116854...

Another Wal Mart incident, Be carefull you "Wally World Campers"

[Bonefish]

I have had three friends have close encounters with rattlers this year alone. Two on their back porches and one in their garage. Due to the drought the field mice have move into town for water and food; the rattlers are following them. Both our terriers get snake shots.

Bonefish

[BobWanderer]

Interesting !!

http://www.rr.com/news/topic/article/rr/55255121/68714054/Man_says_rattlesnake_bit_him_at_Wal-Mart_i...

[BobWanderer]

dedmiston wrote:
If you don't mind my asking, how much was the class?

The class We went to was $75 and I have seen them for $65.

[dedmiston]

If you don't mind my asking, how much was the class?

[Y-Guy]

Judy you're welcome, glad you got your class!