by copperhead. Wife and I were out in the screened porch working on a project when we heard the dog yelp. Noticed she was carrying her left hind leg and acting funny. We thought something had bit her and looked the area over but found nothing. A little while later noticed one of the cats acting peculiar and she was baiting a copperhead by the steps from the carport into the house. I got a shovel and dispatched it (the snake). Took the dog to the vet and he gave her an antibiotic and a couple pills to take every day for a few days.
Wife and I had made at least a dozen trips up and down the steps in the hour before she got bit.
Dog and I had spent the last two long days working on fence in the woods, and had not noticed a single snake. Guess I should have looked closer to the house.
Wife and I had made at least a dozen trips up and down the steps in the hour before she got bit.
Dog and I had spent the last two long days working on fence in the woods, and had not noticed a single snake. Guess I should have looked closer to the house.
