i dig what ur saying but i don't see a risk i tell my boy to sit i put the snake on him and he doesn't do anything but sit .. in one pic u see i have a snake on my lap n he came over to chill .. i try to keep my dog around my snakes and rats in case on escapes he will not attack it if he sees it .. great example @ the moment i have no rats ready to feed so i went to the store and bought a bunch of mice yesterday .. the tub i put them had a hole in the screen a mouse got out .. my dog was running around trying to get my attention after yelling for him to sit down a couple times and him not listening i went to see what it was . and he had the mouse in the corner just waiting for me