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Live way out in country, dog is a stray that just showed up. Man I can tell the difference in his barks. Like what he means. Just got the snake bark and killed a copperhead on the porch.

I can even see when he is smelling snakes in the woods, now we all know the biblical but why would a dog have a fear of snakes innately?

Live way out in country, dog is a stray that just showed up. Man I can tell the difference in his barks. Like what he means. Just got the snake bark and killed a copperhead on the porch. I can even see when he is smelling snakes in the woods, now we all know the biblical but why would a dog have a fear of snakes innately?

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[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

He might have had a run in with a snake at one point, maybe got bit, and just knows they can be dangerous.

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Nah, he was young when he showed up. He just knows, even after dead he wants nothing to do with them. You sound like a cityboy?

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Yeah it can be instinctive, too, but I've seen domesticated animals not responsive to threatening wildlife until they experience an incident. Not really a city thing because snakes are in cities as well, but I guess I have lived a little bit in the city and in the country as well.