Good Dogs!

Post by **hhfarang** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:09 pm

This happens on average about once a week...

Two days ago our male adopted soi dog...

... and 10 minutes ago our female adopted soi dog...

Good dogs!

Post by **Big Boy** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:16 pm

Being a complete snake ignoramus, were they dangerous snakes?

What's the biggest snake they've caught?

Do they ever get bitten?

Post by **hhfarang** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 6:33 pm

Being a complete snake ignoramus, were they dangerous snakes?

What's the biggest snake they've caught?

Do they ever get bitten?

I don't think the snake in the first photo is poisonous, not sure about the second one. The biggest one they have caught and killed was a little over a meter long and it was a Malayan Pit Viper which is very deadly and the male dog was bitten. His face swelled up with a lump about the size of a golf ball but he was fine in a couple of days. My wife put some sort of Issan poultice on the bite made from tobacco and some other herbs and either it worked or these dogs have a natural immunity.

The two dogs have a completely different snake killing style. The male usually just barks at them and nips them and jumps away until they submit. The female grabs them and shakes them so hard they can't bite her and then throws them into the air. Then she repeats the process until they stop moving.

I wish I had a video of her doing that tonight. It was amazing. She was fearless and shook the snake in her mouth back and fourth so fast that it had no chance of getting at her.

Post by **PeteC** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:10 am

Your dog(s) may be turning into this:

"Antivenom (or antivenin or antivenene) is a biological product used in the treatment of venomous bites or stings. Antivenom is created by injecting a small amount of the targeted venom into an animal such as a horse, sheep, goat, or rabbit; the subject animal will undergo an immune response to the venom, producing antibodies against the venom's active molecule which can then be harvested from the animal's blood and used to treat envenomation....."

Doesn't mention dogs but it appears he/they are building up some kind of resistance.

We often hear about that snake hospital in Bangkok which produces antivenom. I've never seen any sheep in Thailand, and few horses, so unknown what animal they use? Dogs are plentiful though.

Pete

EDIT: The second snake looks like the kind SJ and I killed. The first the Thai equiv., of a garter snake.

Post by **margaretcarnes** » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:11 am

Him Indoors has heard that horses are used at that Bangkok centre for anti-venom Pete. Thats' not to say some dogs aren't used as well, but horses maybe aren't as scarce in Thailand as people sometimes think. (Plenty on HH beach!)
Last year I watched a dog on Chomsin deal very effectively with a rat, which had run at the dozing dog and bit its' bum. The dog adopted the shaking and tossing rat in the air routine, with encouragement from bystanders.
Good to see the positive side of trusty Soi dogs for a change

Post by **Randy Cornhole** » Thu Dec 17, 2009 3:29 am

What a way to go! Crushed to death in the jaws of doom. Not to mention the dog breath...

Post by **Takiap** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 9:22 am

Yes, it sounds like your female dog is much like my Dalmation who also goes for the kill with all she's got. My Rotti on the other hand is tops when it comes to spotting snakes in the garden, but she simply alerts me that something is wrong.