Local News Story (Snake phobics - DON'T READ)

Poor dog. I really dislike poisonus snakes, though non-poisonus ones are fine.
Er... how many pounds is a stone?

ORIGINAL: Aina

Poor dog. I really dislike poisonus snakes, though non-poisonus ones are fine.
Er... how many pounds is a stone?

14 pounds equal one [linkhttp://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Stone.html]stone[/link]

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ORIGINAL: Aina

Poor dog. I really dislike poisonus snakes, though non-poisonus ones are fine.
Er... how many pounds is a stone?

14 pounds equal one [linkhttp://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Stone.html]stone[/link]

Thanks!

Yikes!!!

Joyce

There was no call for that hateful remark about the dog's name.  That is so cruel to make a remark like that to someone who has just lost a beloved dog.
 
I am terrified of snakes.  My Buck was bitten in the face by a rattlensake 7 years ago come Nov.  You want to talk about LUCKY.  Hunte and KayCee, just about 3 months old, had just come side and a few minutes later I heard Buck yelp and he came running in and put his head in my lap and i saw the two blood holes, one almost in his right eye, the other just a little on down his nose.  Called my vet and he rushed to the  hospital and was waiting when I got Buck there (this was like 9:30 or 10:00 PM).  Well, Buck also had a scratch on his lip and we think the snake struck and barely grazed his lip, but shot most of it's venom.  Buck went back at it (as he does squirrels) and this time it got him directly in the face, but most venom was gone. 
 
Vet gave him antibiotics and anti venom (lots of rattlesnakes down here in Texas) and he had very little swelling.  We feel it was from lack of venom, not the treatment.  I have also killed two coral snakes in our back yard.  They have tiny mouths and more or less have to chew to get venom in, but they could latch onto the toe of a dog without too much problems
 
 

As dangerous as snakes can be, I think it's unfair to kill them out of hand just because they might bite someone (or someone's pet).  They have to live, too. And snakes can help to keep vermin down. I've had plenty of brushes with deadly snakes and in my experience they've all been too busy trying to get away from me to try to bite. Agreed that they can pose a threat to dogs, but I think that threat can be minimised by keeping your yard and the land surrounding it clean and clear of debris that snakes and their prey can hide in. I love snakes and I think it's incredible that venom even evolved, but I treat them with respect and wear stout shoes and long pants when I'm tramping through potential snake territory. They're not out to get us.

We think the rattlesnake came from behind us a couple of lots full of trees and grapevines had been cleared for putting in a house.  I never did find it in our yard, but a couple of weeks later our neighor's wooden shed was blown down in a storm and when they went to remove it, their dog was struck in the chest by a rattler and we feel it is probably the one that had gotten Buck.  It had probably jkust gone into their yard and under the wood floor (raised) for the shed.  They killed it.
 
I actaully have a couple of checkered garter snakes living in the back yard and i don't mind them at all.  However I am not going to allow a poison snake to live out there when my dogs are in and out and the grandkids play out there.