HERE BOY! NO, WAIT! GO AWAY, BOY!

(Thanks to Jeff Meyerson)

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[snif]

That is one stupid lucky pup!

[Jeff Meyerson]

Hey, he's a retriever isn't he?

Sheesh.

People.

[fivver]

"Dog owners should avoid snake-prone areas."

Doesn't that include pretty much all of Oz?

When we lived in central Florida we had a cat that liked to gift us with (fortunately dead!) pygmy rattlers.

[bonmot]

Adder boy!

[Guin]

Awww, poor doggy!

[MOTW]

Thank you and kudos to Jeff.

And what a good doggy to hold still for a portrait and then release when told to.

fivver, I'm wondering why they just said dog owners 'should avoid snake-prone areas.' Unless you're a snake, shouldn't EVERYONE (dogs included) avoid snake-prone areas?

[Wes S.]

So the dog had a poisonous snake wrapped around its snout, and there was a possibility - later confirmed - that Fido had been bitten, and they didn't even try to deal with the snake until they'd taken a frickin picture?! And even made the poor dog hold still for it?!

I think the owners need a beating. Idiots.

[Theresa]

Help help I can't breathe!

[nursecindy]

I agree with Wes. Stupid owners. I have a yellow lab that is my baby. The last thing I would think about would be taking a picture if she ran up with a snake in her mouth. Of course I would also be unconscious. She did bring me an earring I lost once. I'd rather not think about some of the other things she's retrieved.

[bonmot]

My next door neighbor had a Doberman. It was his baby, but it got loose, a lot.

The girl behind him had a rabbit. Snowball. In a hutch.

One day my neighbor calls me over. He's holding a paper sack. Says "Look what the dog brought me."

It was Snowball. Muddied, bedraggled and dead as a hammer. "Whatcha gonna do?"

"Been thinking 'bout it. Ima take the bunny inside and clean it up, fluff up the fur with a hair dryer. Then tonight, I'll sneak into her yard and put the bunny back in the hutch. They come out the next morning, find dead bunny, dog had nuttin' to do with it."

"Might work."

The next morning we hear wailing and screaming from the girl's yard. It's her mom, at the hutch.

"What's wrong?!"

"It's Snowball. He died two days ago and we buried him, AND NOW HE'S BACK!"

[Coconuts]

snorks at bonmot...

[Jeff Meyerson]

Bwahahahahahaha!!!

Great one, bonmot.

Anyone else watch One Foot in the Grave?

Brings to mind Kylie the tortoise.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Wes and cindy, that's what I said when I sent this in. Like the idiot parents on the youtube video who left the crying baby behind the couch so they could film him rather than help him out, these parents /dog owners need a good beating.

[Cheesewiz]

Does Lucy now have Bronson's picture pinned up in her bedroom?

[WallyBallou]

Nerd comment: Snakes aren't poisonous, they are venomous.

Bonus fun fact: the vast majority of US snakes are harmless, which doesn't keep them from getting stomped to death. We have four venomous types - one of which (coral snakes) is quite rare. Even the venomous copperhead is only about as dangerous as a hornet sting. But Australia has 100 venomous species of snakes including venomous sea snakes. Yikes!

[Ralph]

The article says "As they grappled with a plan to deal with the snake, Mr Allen told his wife to quickly take a photo first." It is possible to take a picture and talk at the same time for a few seconds. In this case, the snake's head was dangling free, so it was in a position to bite again, either the dog or a person. They could have antagonized the snake further by trying to grab or whack it; instead they avoided more problems. Snakes can move faster than you would think. If the snake had gotten away they had a photo for identification so the dog could be treated properly if it had been bitten, which was unknown at that point. These people know how to deal with animals; they deserve credit for deliberate action instead of panic in an emergency.

My mother lives in Arizona; her dog has been trained to avoid snakes by smell as well as sight. I Googled "dog snake training" and found lots of places in the U.S that offer it, but none in Oz. It may be that there are too many different species there that smell differently; my mother's dog still goes after lizards.

[Steve]

My mother's neighbor had a huge white cat named Ivan. One day, Ivan came up to her door, his mouth wrapped around the middle of a large black snake. The head and tail of the snake were dragging behind, although the snake didn't seem upset.
She talked the cat into letting the snake go. It slithered away.
She looked at us and said, "Same thing, every day!"