Snake season

Quailnerd

Quailnerd

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My friends 2 year old got smacked this weekend on the nose, one round of antibiotics with no anti venom and he’s chasing rabbits today. IMG_5254.jpeg
 
I read that the face was a lot less dangerous than the leg or chest. Maybe farther from the heart?
 
We lost several dogs on the ranch. It was 50 miles to the nearest vet. The dog would get hit on the face and the swelling would suffocate him/her.
 
I had a one year old lab pup that got smacked on the nose in the field behind our Denver house about 13 years ago. $2600 credit card later he was fine. We had him to the EM Vet in 30 minutes and by then he was already in shock. By the time we left the vet, we, not him, his nose was the same size as his head. That was before I knew about snake avoidance training. Since then, all my labs have gone through the course, multiple times through their lives. In the Denver area it's about $70-$100 per dog. Since then I have see my labs avoid rattlers multiple times, even in our backyard. Luckily, I have not seen one in our backyard for about 5 years.
 
The snake avoidance "trainer" we use allows "re-tests" if you put your dog through his program, at no cost. As long as the dog negatively avoids the snake no shock or stimulus. If anything it adds a little assurance that the original training worked and is still working. Both our labs smelled the snake first and did an immediate turn and beelined it out of range after their run last year. That doesn't mean a dog won't over-run a snake and get hit, but at least they will be avoiding a known snake. Mine even react to worms on concrete after a rain!
 
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