A word of caution...

[legends1]

We have rattlers here where we are.With the weather worming up its always on my mind.I have a one year old lab that smells out everthing.I worry she will get her nose where it dont belong.Hope your dog gets better soon.

[bartcanoe]

Thanks all for your kind thoughts and words.

Rowdy is doing well, and looks to make a full recovery.  He definitely doesn't want to follow the Vet's orders to remain calm until thursday.  He was begging to go for his morning walk this morning.  Amazing how tough animals are.

[ti-guy]

Wish good recovery for your dog!

[Hatrick]

I have a 5 month old beagle, Moose, that loves to walk the woods with me. We get out as often as I can. I've been thinking of snakes lately as the weather here starts to warm up. She's a beagle so you know that nose is on the ground all the time. It does worry me a bit as we have copperheads in my area.

Hope Rowdy makes the full recovery and is back out soon!

[leatherneck]

Another reason I HATE SNAKES!!!!!
Hope your bud heals up soon.

[GRINCH]

Man thats terrible hope your buddy gets well soon,thats why I kill all the poisonus snakes I see.

[Friend]

Pleased to hear that he is going to recover.

Thank you for the reminder.

[maineac]

Hope he recovers with no long term effects.  Hope you reduce the snake to a future limb cover.

[traditional beagle]

Snakes are made to cover bow limbs. I don't know anything else good to say about them. Hope old beagler does well.

[WCSims]

I hope he pulls through.

[GO Rogers]

Saw many rattlers in the Pine nation...♠

[straitera]

Real glad to hear your boy made it. Favorite Springer Val wasn't so lucky. Diamondback less than 3' from me. Changed my life.

[iaduckhntr]

A buddy from another site lives in New Mexico, lots of rattlers there. His vet. turned him on to a vaccine for rattler bites. The vet. clames he never had a dog die if it was vaccinated! Might be worth checking in ti for those around them things.

[Huntschool]

Snakes are the bain of bird dog and hound folks..
I will not take my bird dogs (English Setters) out woodcock hunting in low wet areas because of cotton mouths until we hit hard frost. I stay mainly to the upland areas and then worry about copperheads.

I did not spend time training and developing a bond with my dogs to have some piss ant snake kill one.

Copperheads do not seem to pack "the punch" that rattlers and cottonmouths do.  I know of a number of dogs that have fallen to those two.  My students have stories every year about dogs getting bit.  Some make it, many don't.  The vacine seems to hold some promise from what I have been told.  These are all hemo toxic snakes so its a blood thing....  Thank God we dont have the other ones (short the coral snake) they are sure death

[S.C. Hunter]

Dave, hope he does well. When I lived in South Carolina we had one dog who was bitten twice, once by a cotton mouth and once by a rattle snake he did fine.

[EL Mejor]

HOPE HE GETS WELL,SOON...

[Holm-Made]

Sorry to hear that David.  Glad we don't have to worry about that up here.  Chad

[moththerlode]

Had a Lab mix looking like Elaphant man with a wagging tail one night, he bore an 1 1/8 wide fang scar above his eye until he was about thirteen. At thirten a big cat took him out back behind the house as he was digging voles... sure missed that old dog snoring at the side of the bed.

[Auzoutdoor]

I hope your mate pulls through ok.In Australia some guys carry some vitamin C as it is said that it will completely neutralize venom almost immediately do any of you blokes do the same.
Cheers KIM

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Never heard of that, Kim. All I know is that cheeky snakes bloody hurt like blazes straight-away!