Heading out west - snake precautions.

Rita - we've been out west umpteen times and have never seen a snake. As others have said - the dogs are leashed and kept in the "public" spaces around parking lots/roads/walkways, etc. I'm assuming that a rattler near a busy park area, would be captured and relocated, to protect the people (and the snake). We just didn't let our guys go sniffing around places that could hide a snake - it they needed to "mark" a spot, we directed them towards a post with a clear space around it.

I was especially concerned because my dogs (Ike and Jack) liked snakes. They were "interesting" - they'd follow Garter Snakes around with no fear and no malice - just curiosity.