Free: Contests & Raffles.
I've talked to multiple vets and they all say that the Pacific Diamondback rattler is one the less venomous snakes in the Americas. I was seriously considering getting the anti-venom shot for my dogs which helps them fight off a bite and makes the trip to the vet a lot cheaper, apparently they need two shots when bitten. All the vets have told me that the chance of the dog having an allergic reaction is greater then the dog dying from a bite. Every vet I talked with said they have never lost a dog to a snake bite, and the majority of dogs are bitten in the nose, some being hours since the bite. All that being said the effects of a bite on a human would take a long, long time to kill you if gone untreated. By all means dont get bit by a snake and always make sure you know where the nearest vet is to your hunting spot (I have the Ellensburg, Wenatchee, Moses Lake, Pullman and Othello vets in my cell). But after hearing all this it put my mind at ease about the possibilty of getting bit by a snake or my dog. This again is ONLY pretaining to Pacific Diamondbacks which is the majority of posionous snake we have in Washington.
When I was a boy, a family friend and a hunting partner had their dogs both bit by a rattle snake. They were hunting some where south of Spokane. The first dog was bit on the head. They shot the snake in half and were busy looking at the dog that suffered the bite. The second dog sniffed at the the head portion of the snake and got bit on the nose. Both dogs died before they could get to a vet. I believe the dogs were Brittanies.
