We all have stories about our dogs that we think reveal their personalities, orwhat we thought their life was about. One time Rowlf and I saw a bear in the Rattlesnake, a National Recreation area north of town, and he whined like he did on our neighborhood walks when he saw other dogs...
Find and take a rattlesnake aversion class before hiking with you dog. The trainer puts a mild shock collar on your pup and introduces them to different snakes by sight, smell and sound. The trainer gives your dog a mild shock if it's "curious." The hope is that your dog will ...
We did that for six years, until I finally euthanized her this summer after she was bit by a rattlesnake (she also had many many other health issues by then: epilepsy, kidney disease, some liver problems, luxating patella, and on and on). But for six years, we lived with...