Honeybun was happy to back off. She is barely visible, bottom left.
The snake was making a big show of striking at them.
Yellow Dog was more, “I hate snakes. That’s a snake. I’m gonna get it.” But eventually she gave a huff and flopped down to sit near the snake. I had to pick her up to get her to move away.
Then the snake slithered quickly into the woods.
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The least menacing snake you will see today.
At the entrance to the Cypress Swamp. Brown Dog and Yellow Dog didn’t even notice.
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Update 2019-05-20: A more likely identification.
Definitely not a rattlesnake. Whatever it is, it chose poorly by showing up right in front of the dogs’ doghouse.
Don’t know which dog dislikes them most, maybe Yellow Dog. Continue reading
At the far side of the pond, Yellow Dog spotted a moccasin before anybody else. The small but deadly Agkistrodon piscivorus didn’t stand a chance against the pair of experienced snake wranglers, Yellow Dog and Brown Dog.
Mocassin
For the rest of the story, see Cottonmouth moccasin v Yellow Dog and Brown Dog @ OPF 2016-11-29.
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Here’s a video.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 7 September 2011.
You can see its tail move. Continue reading
I pick it up on a hoe. Most snakes it’s more like raking them into the box with the hoe, but this one’s playing dead: Continue reading
Brown Dog didn’t get bit, but Yellow Dog did. Continue reading
![[Honeybun, Yellow Dog, snake]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2021-05-18--dogs-snake/20210518_190310.jpg)
![[Not moving very fast]](http://www.okraparadisefarms.com/pictures/2020-05-08--serpent/20200508_082734.jpg)
