Landowner and me was trying to find a beaver dam backing water up on timber yesterday around 8 A.M. when my Blue Heeler took a hit on the lower back leg from a cottonmouth. He was about ten foot in front of me and knew the second it happen what done happen. He walk out to dry ground but went down in a few minutes and we took turns hauling him to the truck about a quarter mile away. With bad lungs going up hill that was a heck of a walk for me. The land owner told me of the nearest vet about 15 miles or so and off I went. They didn't mess around when I got there and gave him steroid and antibiotics and kept him the rest of the day. Leg looked real bad and was swelling real bad fast. They let me take Pepper home last night and he was still having a bad time with it and couldn't walk good at all. Made him a bed in my room and this morning had a hard time getting him up but once he got up and started moving around he ate good and liked to drown a tree peeing on it. Kept him home today while I ran traps and came home while ago and he wanting to run around and play. He ready to go to the woods again but I'll wait another day or two. Crazy about that dog and he knows a trapline. He a killer at finding coyotes and cats on drags and even run ahead checking beaver traps and won't back down on a wild pig, he love his job. Sure glad this story turn out with a good ending. Thing about it I was heading right to that snake on very hard to see ground, little dog might have took that one for me. Them cottonmouths are bad news for sure...... Blue Heelers Little bad A dogs with a big hearts.

Sounds like he deserves a steak dinner.

Ever day, joker does eat good. lol

Good to hear he will be okay. I would probably be afraid to take him along again.

Glad to hear he's doing better.

Good news, glad to hear it.

Aussies are tough for sure. I have an 8 year aussie mix with fox terrier. She took a hit on the nose(copperhead) when she was 3 and after treatment she was fine the next day. I hired a couple of helpers and broke out the bush hog and pushed back the woods so to speak. No problems since.

Give him a special treat and spoil him. He has earned it. Sarge

SGT. C my wife say it the most dog in Alabama now.

Nittany It would destroy him not letting him work and run. I figure it was coming on him getting bit but just didn't know when. Wouldn't doubt it happens again one day, darn woods we got are full of snakes.

Bird dogger's have a way to train their dogs to avoid snakes, check it out.

Good ol buddy took one for the team!! Treats for doggy!!

glad he's ok

He bouncing off the walls this morning, he ready to run but will give him another day watching the Dog Channel.

Lotta heart. Sounds like a great dog. Glad he pulled through.

Bird doggers use an e-collar and a snake with its venom sacs removed. Better a couple of real high stims than a bite.

great to hear!!!!

What happened to the snake?

Never seen it Hal, didn't have to. See way to many as is.

Take care of that pooch ya old softy! LOL I'd do the same for mine.

My lab goes everywhere with me till I got in a swamp where the cottonmouths are to thick. I don't want her bit. You get closer to a working dog than just a pet. Good luck with yours.

Your right they become like a partner riding ever day with you. Trapping in the deep south with a dog you about know he going to get bit it just a matter of when. Rattle snakes are real bad around here also. Darn country down here is just cover in them critters. I like to have gotten bite by a copperhead pulling a weed up next to a flower in the back yard a while back. But he riding with me again today, he wide open right now.

Blue Heelers are Scrappy little dogs.