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	Name:	Lakewood -
	Subject:	Snakebit
	Date:	5/11/2009 3:52:36 PM

We never saw the snake, but we know where our dog, a digger, was digging. I've never seen a rattler at Martin though I'm sure there are some, but we have seen a number of copperheads and moccasins over the years. The digging spot was well away from water. The vet made an informed and I am sure correct judgment that it was a copperhead. My wife and daughter were at the Lake and called me at home with periodic reports about huge swelling and a very subdued and slow-breathing dog as they drove back to Mgm and the 24-hour emergency vet. He administered antibiotics and what sounded like antihistamines but they could not decide on antivenom, so they called me and I talked to him (and we had the "Inmy experience they do better" conversation, at the end of which I approved the AV.) First time I saw the dog was when my wife picked her up next day, and at that time she looked normal except for the bite wound which you could see on careful close inspection. As I said, that dog knew darn well she had been in a serious fix, and it took her a week to start acting normal again.