Every family has different excitement in their lives. We are in that harried time as we get ready for the coming school semester, hunting season, etcetera. I am often known for saying that my life is boring, that I just have too many chores to be that interesting, but then other things come along, like this visitor from Saturday night...
We treat the beneficial things around here like pets, so to speak. So with two non-venomous snakes considering our property home, we are careful to collect the eggs on schedule and watch what we are up to. We reason that they help with neighborhood rodents, but also with keeping rattlesnakes at bay.
Saturday night, I was working on dinner, and Bailey was working outside in the goat pen. Suddenly she came in, and brought me the dog, saying she thought there was a coiled rattler in the doe pen, and Shadow had alerted on it, not leaving it alone. (So much for that rattlesnake evasion training I paid for...)
Charlie was on the phone, so Wyatt went out to help her until Charlie could go help. I was appointed to keep Shadow from letting herself out to help and not burn dinner...
This was somewhere in the realm of four feet, and was not rattling, but was coiled to strike when Bailey pulled Shadow back and tried to look with her flashlight (the battery was dying, great timing, right/) Just a little Saturday night excitement and a reminder that boots are a requirement...
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