RE: copperhead got the Anne Boleyn treatment

Some weeks ago two friends and I were doing our weekly dog walking exercise
along the aqueduct. We're out away from traffic so the dogs are off-leash.
We practically stepped on a little rattlesnake less than a foot long; it was
fairly chilly out so the snake was quite sluggish. Being the curious type
one of my friends started edging a little closer just to make sure it was a
rattler. So she's leaning over looking at the ground and one of her dogs
decides this is the perfect time to need attention - she circles in front of
her owner and sits right down on top of the snake! Three women all scream at
her and practically fall over trying to grab her away from the snake. So she
moved, the snake hadn't figured it out yet, and we quickly broke out the
leashes. I haven't let mine off leash since. 

Cyndi


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From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Theresa
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:01 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] copperhead got the Anne Boleyn treatment


A couple years ago we were up at Lake Shastina visiting a friend, and 
their little dauchsand was running down the rocky hill behind the house 
and jumped right over a sleeping rattlesnake about 50 feet from the 
house.  Stupid dog went back to back at it- gave us all a heart attack 
and we did manage to distract the dog and get is to run the rest of the 
way down the hill before it got itself killed.  My husband  ran a 
grabbed a couple of big rocks and hurled them at the snake- on the 
second rock he killed it dead!  We were duly impressed with his aim.

Theresa

Judy Browning wrote:

>Be careful. A little one may mean you have a nest nearby. My grandma 
>used to kill 3-4 rattlesnakes a day each spring when they lived on the 
>ranch. They were attracted to the spring near the outhouse.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 2:41 AM
>Subject: RE: [CHAT] copperhead got the Anne Boleyn treatment
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>>YO! You be careful out there.... and where are your boots! :)
>>
>>Donna
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>>>Well, I just killed a small copperhead tonight.  Usually see one every
>>>3 or 4 years and it's been that long.   Over by the burn barrel coming
>>>toward me.  So I got the shovel and took care of that problem. 
>>>Agressive little buggers, even after it got chopped it was still 
>>>trying to bite.  One of the downsides of gardening in flip-flops. 
>>>Thank goodness Sugar wasn't back there.  So that was the excitement 
>>>here tonight.  I warned John too since he's mowing here tomorrow.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Pam Evans
>>>Kemp TX
>>>zone 8A
>>>      
>>>
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