| Debbie, dogs have a fantastic sense of smell! I once found a snakeskin and decided to test my dog to see if he could find it. He's part Jack Russell Terrorist (known as Toby the Terrible!) and part Lab. Yes, you read that right. :) Anyway, when I found the snakes skin, I tied a string around it and dragged it, in a sort of "snakey" pattern, across my kitchen floor, behind the table, and then left it behind the sofa. When Toby came in about an hour later, he immediately picked up the scent that the snake skin must have left and followed the scent trail to where the skin was left behind the sofa. It was so funny watching him, with his hackles up and sniffing frantically. When he found it, he started barking at the "snake" and going toward it, backing up, etc. until he finally went in for the "kill." I as amazed. After he tore the snake skin up, I started to vacuum up the pieces, but then thought that it'd waft the snake smell all over the house (I couldn't smell anything but Toby could) and he'd always be looking for a snake, or attacking the vacuum cleaner! Sorry I can't be of much help about the snake. I find them fascinating and am quite dejected that we don't see any on our property, only the occasional black snake dead on the road. We have a small meadow, some woods, some debris from my hubby's shed-building project, and aren't too far from a creek, so I would think that snakes would be around. Maybe Toby the Terrible scares them off! Julie
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