How does the dog know it was dangerous? I get it was trained which is awesome, but would it give the same reaction to a python as well?
@wildpawsla
2 ай бұрын
Great Question! This training is specific to rattlesnakes. A big part of the awareness of the dog being trained is a response to smell & sound. Rattlesnakes have a specific smell vs other snakes in addition to the rattling of course. I live in Southern California and I run into them very regularly with the dogs I pack hike from April through early November which is why we are focused on rattlesnakes here vs snakes in general. To train for a bigger variety of snakes you would want to expose the dogs to different sizes and colors of snake (real or fake ones) as well as focus more on the movement which is more of a generalized aspect that can apply to a variety of species.
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