{"id":298,"date":"2011-04-02T11:36:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/copperhead-and-little-dogs.html"},"modified":"2011-04-02T11:36:14","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T15:36:14","slug":"copperhead-and-little-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/copperhead-and-little-dogs.html","title":{"rendered":"Copperhead and little dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"There was a copperhead in the dirt pit.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5582401290\/in\/set-72157626412096018\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5190\/5582401290_d45ed2ea77.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nBrown Dog didn&#8217;t get bit, but Yellow Dog did.\n\n<!--more-->\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5581807409\/in\/set-72157626412096018\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5308\/5581807409_193bc12bd8_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5582389772\/in\/set-72157626412096018\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5026\/5582389772_f0104fcf3f_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nWe tied her up last night so she wouldn&#8217;t go after the snake again.\nYellow Dog is much better this morning.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5582398842\/in\/set-72157626412096018\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5259\/5582398842_e762c4a88e.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nBrown Dog thinks Yellow Dog is getting too much attention, but Gretchen likes them both.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5581802899\/in\/set-72157626412096018\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5056\/5581802899_8f9989f750_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/5581809769\/in\/set-72157626412096018\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5259\/5581809769_4f535c9d54_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nYellow Dog is better now, and\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FdmZombOVc4\">\nthanks you for your concern<\/a>:\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FdmZombOVc4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>\nThey&#8217;re acting normal now.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157626412096018\/\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5069\/5582396746_0945693c00_m.jpg\"><\/a>\n<p>\nThis is better than the cottonmouth moccassin incident of last year,\nwhen they both swelled up and could hardly move.\n<p>\nThey look all warm and cuddly, but so far they&#8217;ve taken out a beaver,\nat least one raccoon, and multiple rattlesnakes. Only water snakes give\nthem problems.\n<p>\nThe best part is they eat mice. And grasshoppers. When they can catch them.\n<p>\nPictures and videos by John S. Quarterman, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1-2 April 2011.\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There was a copperhead in the dirt pit. 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