lizziedog1
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I have a hunting dog I take on my adventures. There are rattlesnakes here and luckily my dog has not had an encounter with one. I talked to my vet about this.
His practice has rattlesnake vaccination available for canines. After a couple of injections this stuff is suppose to minimize the harm caused by rattlesnake venom. He also mentioned there are rattlesnake avoidance training for dogs.
Apparently they slap an electric collar on your dog. Then they place a live rattlesnake in a container so that a dog can sense and approach it, but the snake can't get at the dog. When the dog gets close to the serpent, they hit it with a heavy dose of electricity. After one or two times the dog then avoids any snake they spot.
I was also talking to this other guy that employed a bull snake to train his dog. He said he placed the snake in the open. His dog went to investigate and the snake gave the dog a couple of good nips. It wasn't poisonous, but it startled the dog well enough that it now doesn't go near any snake.
So, what methods have you all emlyed to snake-proof a hunting dog? What seems to work?
His practice has rattlesnake vaccination available for canines. After a couple of injections this stuff is suppose to minimize the harm caused by rattlesnake venom. He also mentioned there are rattlesnake avoidance training for dogs.
Apparently they slap an electric collar on your dog. Then they place a live rattlesnake in a container so that a dog can sense and approach it, but the snake can't get at the dog. When the dog gets close to the serpent, they hit it with a heavy dose of electricity. After one or two times the dog then avoids any snake they spot.
I was also talking to this other guy that employed a bull snake to train his dog. He said he placed the snake in the open. His dog went to investigate and the snake gave the dog a couple of good nips. It wasn't poisonous, but it startled the dog well enough that it now doesn't go near any snake.
So, what methods have you all emlyed to snake-proof a hunting dog? What seems to work?