I wonder how much of a threat our native venomous snakes are to dogs. My stepmother's rottweiler was bitten on the face by a timber rattlesnake and, except for the pain and swelling at the site, the dog was fine. The vet told her to keep an eye on the dog and gave her some antibiotic pills. Her other dog was bitten by a copperhead and the vet told her not to bother bringing it in.

Within a few days of being bitten, both dogs were fine. The rott lived to be 12 and the shepherd mix 11.

I was very shocked at how many people, on a snake website no less, think it's okay to kill snakes. I belong to caged bird websites and none of those people kill the animals they chat about. Yeah, yeah, birds aren't venomous, I know that. But I think ya'll are blowing the danger factor of a venomous snake in your yard way out of proportion to the actual danger those snakes propose.