snakes and dogs.
mostly in fl when a dog is bitten it's a rattler. often the dog survives even if we don't find him for awhile.
I think we mostly scare ourselves thinking more than other things scare us, at least I know that describes me.
I really hate rattlesnakes. Mama taught me that and she did a good job of it. As a child, I nearly picked one up in the bushes trying to find a good stick.
A few years ago during the time I was in class for my carry permit, I was on a country road going to my boyfriend's house when I saw a huge (guys, he was 3.5 inches thick) rattler skittering across the road. I was thinking that Allan had had four dogs bitten by rattlers and lost one of them.
Two boys had stopped their pickup to watch the snake and not wanting to startle them, I said, "Do ya'll mind if I shoot that?" "Nope".
I can't tell the rest of this because I don't want to be unpopular with snake lovers. I'd way rather toss a coral snake out of the house with kitchen tongs than mess with a rattler. but that's another story. Just be sure you can tell a king snake from a coral snake.
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