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Old 08-17-2024, 06:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed View Post
We have a 19 lb Lhasa Apso and live in a courtyard villa with walls on three sides. No wildlife refuge near us. Our dog goes out….we go out. I’m sure that, in our location, she would be fine but if she decided to go after the occasional black racer or corn snake she would get bit. There are also predatory birds to consider. Probably overprotective but that’s just us.
Sorry to say, we also have rattlesnakes & cottonmouth snakes here in The Villages although the snakes you mentioned are more commonly seen