Introducing Lotty - Soi 2's No 1 Snake Killer

[phutoie2]

Some very cool mornings up here in Petchabun this last few days -18C, and it will get colder!. So when the sun gets up to nearly full on, cue visitors into the garden for a bit of warmth. I always keep the grass pretty short all year round now so its easy to see the snakes and if I get there first, will always try and shoo them away, however our female dog usually beats me too it and so far 3 in 2 days. She has an interesting technique, possessing razor sharp teeth, she will nip the snake in about the middle of its body which disables it and then at her leisure will then proceed to toss it about the garden, nothing longer than a metre in length so far, but the snakes do seem a bit lethargic, possibly due to the cold weather.

She also dispatches all types of small lizards that are foolish enough to stay on the ground and a healthy dislike of Thai males.

Personally I think she should have had some counseling just after Songkran as she lost her soul mate - "Mr LEO" from the same litter whom fell victim to a cobra bite when the wife was exercising them down by the river Pa Sak.

Two pics, the second one has her new apprentice "Moo ping".

[PoorSucker]

-18 C

[angiud]

Brrr. Frozen.

[endure]

Why is a dislike of Thai males healthy?

[phutoie2]

Oops, that should not have come across as minus 18!!. When I built a house up here in 2007 I made the mistake of leaving the motor attached to our well pump and duly some toe-rags pinched it during the night.

Our local BIB crime prevention task force advised me "get some dogs" Which I did, just a bonus that Lotty does not get on with Thai males, but I suppose the tea leafs could have been female.

[sbk]

Tigger is our snake killer she has a much better technique and one that has gotten her to a healthy age of 8. She gets the snake closer to the back of the neck, so that it can't reach around and bite and shakes the snake until its neck breaks. I do worry about her as she ages tho. Our neighbors dog was also a snake killer and it was only when she reached about 10 that one finally got her in the end. The local hospital would not sell him antivenin, have to save it for people. He was distraught. I don't know if the local vet has it, but its definitely worth looking into as we get at least 5-6 cobras around our place a year. Usually small ones but not always.

Tigger is, surprisingly the tiger striped dog on the left.