Dog...1...Snake 0

[rvrmom]

[video=youtube;Tl9_cWxpLxY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl9_cWxpLxY[/video]:yikes

 

[Advantage 1]

That is one quick pup! Damn.

 

[charlyox]

Why would you risk your dogs like like that?

 

[Old Texan]

Rikki Tikki Terrier......:skull

I hope the asshole owner that allowed his dog to get into it with a deadly snake has one crawl up his leg and bite him in the ass.

 

[wsuwrhr]

Why would you risk your dogs like like that?

Rikki Tikki Terrier......:skull

I hope the asshole owner that allowed his dog to get into it with a deadly snake has one crawl up his leg and bite him in the ass.

I was thinking the same thing, who would let their dog mess with a deadly snake and possibly film their pups demise to boot.

I would be devastated if something happened to my pup.

Sick fucks.

12ga to the head, done deal, I wouldn't even get close enough until I ran a few rounds through it.

 

[Pesky Varmint]

My dogs are specifically trained to beat feet away from snakes,
and have watched them avoid them several times to my delight.
Periodically double check them by setting out dead intact snakes and
they refuse to get within about 5 feet of them. Excellent dogs.
Nice to know that if anything went wrong and they may have to fight
that there is some chance of success.

Not to mention the two instances where our dogs raised hell in
a way that kept myself and my wife from getting bit.

Just a bit of advice to getting the snake avoidance training: One
of our last generation dogs got bit anyway. Snake avoidance trains
them to avoid snakes IF they detect them. Upwind or stepping on
hidden snakes can still occur. Luckily our dog that got bit did fine
but it did cost us a couple thou.

In fact the threat of injury and vet bills keeps me from doing a lot
of things that would be cool to watch. Like the time my Akita chased
a Badger in a hole and it wanted to fight. Would have really liked to
have seen that but even if my Akita won he could get nasty injuries.
Had to drag him away from that opportunity. Besides he's gotten to
catch a few rabbits and chase a few coyotes.

 

[Gelcoater]

My dogs are specifically trained to beat feet away from snakes,
and have watched them avoid them several times to my delight.
Periodically double check them by setting out dead intact snakes and
they refuse to get within about 5 feet of them. Excellent dogs.
Nice to know that if anything went wrong and they may have to fight
that there is some chance of success.

Not to mention the two instances where our dogs raised hell in
a way that kept myself and my wife from getting bit.

Just a bit of advice to getting the snake avoidance training: One
of our last generation dogs got bit anyway. Snake avoidance trains
them to avoid snakes IF they detect them. Upwind or stepping on
hidden snakes can still occur. Luckily our dog that got bit did fine
but it did cost us a couple thou.

In fact the threat of injury and vet bills keeps me from doing a lot
of things that would be cool to watch. Like the time my Akita chased
a Badger in a hole and it wanted to fight. Would have really liked to
have seen that but even if my Akita won he could get nasty injuries.
Had to drag him away from that opportunity. Besides he's gotten to
catch a few rabbits and chase a few coyotes.


Where are you located?
Have a link to the trainer?
Most of the so cal/Az members with dogs here could probably benefit considering how many frequent the lake/rivers and the rattlers around.
I know Rex posted about this snake training years ago but I couldn't find the thread.One of my buds and a member here that doesn't post much lost one of his Pits to a cottonmouth bite.He's in Florida.
Badgers....bad mo-fo's,wouldn't want my crew messing with one.
Coyotes...Had a strange encounter once.
Walking my Dobie out of the track on leash I notice a jogger girl with headphones on.Behind her about 150 feet is a coyote,trotting and gaining ground on her.
I yell,she doesn't hear me,and is concentrating on the trail in front of her so she didn't see me waiving and jumping.
My dog though,she was well aware.
She was a good 300 yards from us,I didn't know what else to do so I released the dog.
She went straight at them.At about 60-70 feet the girl looks up and sees a Doberman at a full charge headed her way,still oblivious to he coyote behind her and freezes.
Imagine the look of fear and WTF? as the dog ran past her on her way to engage the coyote.
She looked at me like WTF is wrong with you?
Turned and only see's a cloud of dust and a red/tan stumpy tail disappear into the thicket of trees behind her,never saw the coyote.
She was pissed off,at me!
I explained what was going on and that she didn't hear me yelling.Daisy the dog came back,stopped at her and gave her one sniff and a lick up her outer calf then ran back to me.
I'm not sure she believed me about the coyote or not.She turned back towards the housing development and I have never seen her out jogging again.

 

[wsuwrhr]

Rex Marine did post before that he got his dogs trained.

 

[obnoxious001]

Rex Marine did post before that he got his dogs trained.

I sent him a FB message alerting him to this thread, hopefully he will come along and post.

 

[Rexone]

These are the guys I use for snake avoidance training... very good. http://socalrattlesnakeavoidancetraining.com/

We do have snakes and my dogs won't get near em. My Charley, now RIP from old age, actually stopped me from stepping on one on a trail walk one day by planting all fours about 8 feet from the snake.

I have rattlers in the yard most every year so we do refreshers with the above outfit each spring. Just check their schedule after the first of the year. They travel all over doing this training.