[davidboyles]

When I lived inHouston Tx the rice Prairies were full of snipe. After our duck hunt I would take my Golden Retreiver and walk them up in the rice fields. Back then I shot a Win Model 97 full choke and could really drop them at a distance but hard to find without a dog. My last snipe hunt was at a lease I had on the coast near Seadrift Tx. Had a yellow lab and dropped a bird she went after. She yelped when she reached the bird and I immediately went to her. There was a huge water Mocasin coiled up. The snake was dispatched and my dog had two fang punctures in her neck. Called a local vet he said give her Benadryl which I did. Next day she was up and running retreiving Ducks like nothing had happened. Only evidence of the bite was hair did not grow back at the bite spot on her neck. I'm a believer that Benadryl is good for snake bites other than coral and rattlesnake and works for scorpions up here in Hill Country.