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I'd be putting some snake traps around the place, especially if that dog usually stays around the house, Mickey.


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Probably eastern diamondbacks over there. Species doesn't matter much to me. I hate 'em all. If it rattles, I kill it... with extreme prejudice... and then I kill 'em a couple of more times for good measure. Did I mention I hate rattlers?


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glad to hear Patches pulled through Mickey, was on the road so missed this


I figure all any of us really need in this world is for someone to dote upon us like Mickey does with his dogs. be a pretty good way to live I reckon.


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Prayers for your pup. Had one of my Shepherds bit once, but he is over 100 lbs, so pulled through fine.

Hoping the same for you.


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No idea, but perhaps a benadryl in that situation might help??? However little.


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Originally Posted by 2legit2quit
glad to hear Patches pulled through Mickey, was on the road so missed this


I figure all any of us really need in this world is for someone to dote upon us like Mickey does with his dogs. be a pretty good way to live I reckon.


That's the truth, those pups sure are loved! Glad to hear she is going to be ok!

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I'm at the age that I don't care much for killin anymore.. but a rattlesnake is not much different from a land mine.. If you step on one it will get you.

I will kill every rattlesnake I encounter.

Hope all is well Mickey.

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Originally Posted by MColeman
Would y'all please say a little prayer for Peaches tonight? This is the third time she's been bitten and all three times were around her face. You'd think she'd learn after a time.


The picture you posted of her made me so sad. Vey, very glad she's doing better. Maybe an enclosure for her ?

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Mickey,

I'm glad to hear the good news. There's nothing that I hate more than to see an animal suffer.

You and me both, Bob. Thanks to all of you. I'm going in to check on her in about 30 minutes. Here's what she looked like before we went to the vet.

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Jeez, poor lass. Looks like a boxer that lost big in a 15 rounder... frown Hope she's well on her way to back to normal. She's got a good master to be thankful for anyway.

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Mickey,

I'm glad to hear the good news. There's nothing that I hate more than to see an animal suffer.

You and me both, Bob. Thanks to all of you. I'm going in to check on her in about 30 minutes. Here's what she looked like before we went to the vet.

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Jeez, poor lass. Looks like a boxer that lost big in a 15 rounder... frown Hope she's well on her way to back to normal. She's got a good master to be thankful for anyway.

She's much better today, Leighton. Thanks.

I have a fenced in back yard but snakes crawl through the chain link fence like it was not even there. I killed a rattler on my front patio a couple of years back. It was under my rocker where I was going to sit and read. The front yard is fenced as well.

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Was out prairie grouse hunting middle of October more than a few years back and the rattlers were migrating to their winter den sites. Got by the first we saw and the hunt pard shot it after I called my Gordon to me, all ok .Next one he just walked by, swung around and didn't aim just pointed the 12 at it and pissed it off. Yeah my dog went for the retrieve before I could get to her. She got hit low on the left jowl flap and agin on the left leg. At that point she quit on the snake as I had got to her and got her away almost getting it myself. Hunting pard then pulled his head out and took the snakes off with a load of 4's. Immobilizing the dog at that point and sending the "pard" after his pickup was the best plan I could come up with at that time. He got the truck to us and I put her in the dog box. both leg and jowl flap starting swell. Kadoka SD was 25 miles away and the vet was in when we got there to call him. He told me to take her to my regular vet in Rapid City and not waste much time. Called them and told them we would be there in a little over an hr. They gave the dog a painkiller and antibiotics(snakes got a dirty mouth). She said most make it, depends on the dogs age, general health, where they got bit. a hit that swells their nasal passages can suffocate them, they pant but don't breath thru their mouth. They are one of the bigger vet outfits in the area they don't stock a anti-venom because it has a very short effective shelf life and is expensive as hell. My dog was down for a couple of days and recovered good enuf she could have hunted next week end but I gave her 3 weeks to recover, she did. You learn somethings in life easy and some damn hard. She left the snakes alone after that and lived to 15.5 yrs old. Going thru that and the decision to put her down Im sure will cost me a few off the end of mine. Part of having and loving a dog. Good luck Mickey.
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Twenty years ago we stumbled on them frequently down here in SWFL. I was always worried my Golden would get bit. He never did. He somehow developed a healthy fear of snakes and would cower and move away from one if he saw or smelled one. We don't see many mocs or diamond backs anymore. Been years actually. We think the hogs eat them. Our hunting land hasn't changed any just more hogs. I hope your dog is feeling better.


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Thank you. She is getting better. smile

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