Is it a bad idea to put just any snake on any dog, Yes. And its also a bad idea to just put a snake around any dog without training the dog to get used to the snake. Out of all my snakes and both my dogs this is the only dog and the only snake I'd use to even try this because I know their behavior. And my snakes are important to me, I wouldn't try this unless I was %100 confident that I wouldn't let anything happen. I took extreme caution when doing this, and i was always ready to separate them if I had to before anything bad could happen.