[pct-l] Thru hiking with dog - rattlesnake vacine

[Lee Staley]

My vet has treated a dog that received the vaccine and was subsequently bit - he told me that having had the vaccine obviously saved the dog's life, but the dog was still very sick and needed to receive followup care.  The dog fully recovered.  As far as dogs on the trail go, I think the snake aversion training would be more valuable than the vaccine, if you had to choose one over the other.  I think it is unlikely that a dog trained to identify and avoid snakes would be bitten, particularly if they are trained to stay "on trail".  

Cruz Control

On Feb 23, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Frank Dumville wrote:

> In addition to or instead of a vaccine there is snake aversion training available for dogs. I don't know much about it but a search for dog snake aversion brings up several links.
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