I thought dogs were supposed to be scared of snakes... - YorkieTalk.com Forums

tmatherly · 04-17-2006, 04:08 PM

My boy Scout is full of surprises! I take both my yorkies to a little cemetery that is just around the corner from our house, there's a fenced area that I can let them off leash and they can run around and sniff the bushes and explore, etc. Scout came around a bush with a little green snake in his mouth and I about freaked out. Of course I run at him like a crazed person screaming something like, "that's a snake, put it down". He dropped it and looked at me with puzzlement. I think he thought it was a toy! Every dog I have ever seen go crazy when they see a snake. I just hope he doesn't go around picking up snakes as a habit...I don't know what I would do!! That's a terrier for you, I guess. By the way, he didn't kill it...he must have gently picked it up (I don't know how you gently pick up a snake with your teeth, I'm still trying to figure that one out)..it slithered off as fast as it could when he dropped it!

simonandhallie · 04-17-2006, 04:10 PM

I would have passed out! That is so crazy, what a silly little man! I'm glad he is okay though. Hallie got bit by a snake last summer and it was so scary!

tmatherly · 04-17-2006, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by simonandhallie

I would have passed out! That is so crazy, what a silly little man! I'm glad he is okay though. Hallie got bit by a snake last summer and it was so scary!

Getting bit was my worst fear as well. I couldn't tell if it hurt him-I guess not since he's still doing fine and this happened a few days ago. I don't know much about snakes, but I assume this one was a harmless garter snake. Hopefully I made such a scene he won't do it anymore...LOL

romeos mommy · 04-17-2006, 06:48 PM

romeo like to play with garden snakes. gross.

megan_kat22 · 04-17-2006, 06:52 PM

omg i would have FREAKED out. i mean i must be THE scaredest of snakes. ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! icky icky. im so glad he okay!

SnowWa · 04-17-2006, 09:15 PM

I know my pup wouldn't be afraid of a snake - especially a small one. Dogs may have an instinctive fear of poisonous snakes, but I would doubt that our little terriers do. Almost anything that moves is a toy or critter to be chased as far as they are concerned.

I do know that snake bites are just as dangerous to a dog (more so to a small dog) as they are to a person, and that a dog needs to be kept as quiet as possible and needs to be taken to the vet immediately if it is bitten by a snake.

As far as I know we have no poisonous snakes in our area - but I'm sure a lot of you do...... and, I'm sure it would be best not to let your little dogs run unleased in any area that is questionable.

Snakes are just one more thing to worry about, aren't they!
Carol Jean

Connie · 04-17-2006, 10:16 PM

Oh my gosh...I'd have freaked too! Thank goodness it was probably a harmless snake!!! So glad Scout is okay!!!

04-17-2006, 04:08 PM	#1
tmatherly Razorback Yorkie Lover Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bentonville, AR Posts: 2,056	I thought dogs were supposed to be scared of snakes... My boy Scout is full of surprises! I take both my yorkies to a little cemetery that is just around the corner from our house, there's a fenced area that I can let them off leash and they can run around and sniff the bushes and explore, etc. Scout came around a bush with a little green snake in his mouth and I about freaked out. Of course I run at him like a crazed person screaming something like, "that's a snake, put it down". He dropped it and looked at me with puzzlement. I think he thought it was a toy! Every dog I have ever seen go crazy when they see a snake. I just hope he doesn't go around picking up snakes as a habit...I don't know what I would do!! That's a terrier for you, I guess. By the way, he didn't kill it...he must have gently picked it up (I don't know how you gently pick up a snake with your teeth, I'm still trying to figure that one out)..it slithered off as fast as it could when he dropped it! __________________ Tiffany Pippa, Scout, and Ranger's Mom http://www.dogster.com/?198523 http://www.dogster.com/?198525

04-17-2006, 06:52 PM	#5
megan_kat22 I love my boys! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 1,913	omg i would have FREAKED out. i mean i must be THE scaredest of snakes. ewwwwwwwwwwwwww! icky icky. im so glad he okay! __________________ -Megan, Tucker & Tripp "My little dogs- heartbeats at my feet" www.dropshots.com/megan_kat22

04-17-2006, 09:15 PM	#6
SnowWa YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,992	I know my pup wouldn't be afraid of a snake - especially a small one. Dogs may have an instinctive fear of poisonous snakes, but I would doubt that our little terriers do. Almost anything that moves is a toy or critter to be chased as far as they are concerned. I do know that snake bites are just as dangerous to a dog (more so to a small dog) as they are to a person, and that a dog needs to be kept as quiet as possible and needs to be taken to the vet immediately if it is bitten by a snake. As far as I know we have no poisonous snakes in our area - but I'm sure a lot of you do...... and, I'm sure it would be best not to let your little dogs run unleased in any area that is questionable. Snakes are just one more thing to worry about, aren't they! Carol Jean __________________ http://tinypic.com/ipxhmb.jpg A Yorkie is worth a thousand words.

04-17-2006, 10:16 PM	#7
Connie Loved by Maddie & Libby Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 10,732	Oh my gosh...I'd have freaked too! Thank goodness it was probably a harmless snake!!! So glad Scout is okay!!! __________________ Custom doggie dresses and vests Memory is a country where I can go to see your face - but where do I go when I miss your embrace?

04-17-2006, 04:10 PM	#2
simonandhallie *I Love My Monkeys!* Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Falling Waters, WV Posts: 11,166	I would have passed out! That is so crazy, what a silly little man! I'm glad he is okay though. Hallie got bit by a snake last summer and it was so scary!

04-17-2006, 06:48 PM	#4
romeos mommy YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ Posts: 4,068	romeo like to play with garden snakes. gross.