Rattlesnake and dog….

The dog came out on the hurting end.

In the Rochester paper this morning an article about a Rochester resident who owns lane near Caledonia and was checking trail cams when one of his two dogs got hit by a rattlesnake. The dog, an older black lab, is currently in vet’s care and is in guarded condition but expected to make it thru the ordeal.

The dog’s owner said it sounded like a bee buzzing before an actual rattle.

This warm weather will draw those critters out. If you’re enjoying the great outdoors in extreme SE Minnesota, be mindful that you could be sharing the space with one of these snakes. Leave them alone, they leave you alone.

The ani-venin that came from Mayo Systems, 2 vials, cost something like $2,200.00 per vial. Spendy.

Sounds like a job for BK and the SNAKE CHARMER

They do have a vaccine to protect against snake venom. I had the pup protected when we went to SD last fall. Not real common around here but your vet can get it if you insist- jerr

Several years ago we had a shorthair “rattle snake proofed” It was done at Cabela’s by one of the rep’s. He had rattlers, took one out of the box..it rattled, he walked the dog on a leash toward the snake… the dog smelled the snake and went toward it….POW he hit him with the shock collar. Did this a couple of times when the dog got curious and wanted to get a closer look at the snake. He let the dog rest for 10 minutes then walked the dog towards another snake (in a box)not visible to the dog. The dog got a whiff of the snake and wouldn’t go anywhere near that box, even though it wssn’t rattling.
Later that day at home the dog was in the yard and I decided to water the grass using my Rain Train. Turned the water on…it sputtered and spit and the dog took off running. When it started it sorta sounded like a rattler. Hunt where we have a lot of prarie rattlers and the dog never had a problem.

Youth here in Florida got hit by Diamond back rattler a while back. They gave him 80 vials of anti-venum according to the paper. Released from hospital a couple weeks ago, says he will make wallet out of the skin. He was attending a family birthday party and ventured into the woods. Mistake!