Sentry, Baymule’s Livestock Guard Dog

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I'm just glad we don't have any poisonous snakes in my state. (Actually we do have rattlesnakes but they are only found in areas with slate quarries, not near where I live.) Mabel would for sure have been bitten by now if we had. She's a terrible snake killer, and many beneficial and harmless garter and grass snakes have met their death at her jaws, but a rattler or copperhead might just have been quicker than she.

I hope Sentry recovers with no worse effects than the swelling. Benedryl should put him right before long. Poor guy.
 

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Last night Sentry asked to go in the night pen with Sheba and Buford. He realized his mistake and went to the gate. Spoiled brat. He joyfully ran to the back door, then to the dog crate. He has a hard spot at the site of the bite, throat swelling is way down. I think he can stay outside tonight.
 

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Had a little excitement this morning. I put Sentry with ewes and lambs in front field. I was walking and looking at future barn site. Sentry “had” something. I went to look, expecting to find a crawdad. Whatever it was, it was gone. So I told him to “get it” and “where is it?”

He found it, pounced, bit it and slung it. Horrified, I tried to call him off of it, but nope. Sentry is WORKING. It was trying to get away, he slung it a couple more times. It came at me, I stomped its head. Sentry bit it again and tore it in half.

Look closely.

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Red and yella kill a fella.
Red and black friend of Jack.
 

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Yes, a coral snake. If Sentry had gotten bit, it would have killed him.

I watched my female Great Pyrenees, Paris kill copperheads. She circled them, making them strike at her, then she grabbed the snake, shaking it HARD, and slinging it. She literally bit and shook them to pieces. I called it Paris’s dance of death.

The coral snake was not striking, it was trying to get away. When it was stretched out, in escape, Sentry snatched it and slung it. He really was doing a dance of death.

I watched him for awhile just to make sure he was ok. Big relief. Hugs and lots of good dog.
 

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The Coral snake has no true fangs and has to knaw a hole in you. Unless the snake connected with a dogs lip the odds are in the dogs favor. Boy i dont miss snakes!! It’s interesting how ”Natural” killing snakes is to many dog breeds. And me too now that i think about it.

 
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Oh Sentry! It’s been raining all day. This on top of the floods of the Trinity River and the San Jancinto River only 10 days ago, displacing people and destroying their homes and vehicles. I’ve been in the kitchen, came to look out the window at the rain.

Buford and Sentry had “something” up front by the driveway. Sheba, across the driveway in the front field, was up on the fence, barking and jumping up and down. Definitely not a turtle, she could care less about a turtle. I suited up against the rain and walked down the driveway. Something big and blackish looking. Went back to the house for my phone, to get pictures of Sentry and his prize.

Buford met me at the gate, Sentry saw me and came running.
“What’cha got? Show me! What’cha got? “

Sentry and Buford ran ahead, stopping to look back and see that I was following. Sentry ran ahead to keep Buford from claiming his prize.

Note Carson at the fence.


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Sheba, across the driveway in the front field.

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Growling softly at Buford

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It’s a nutria! A small male

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Nope! You can have it.

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