Moka has visited my rural ponds (& acerage) twice....she will encounter a snake soon enough....watersnakes (some can even fool ya into COPPERHEAD reactions)....even at water's edge

. Very few 'heads there....but some....no other venomous (rattlers & cottonmouths long gone (scary similar looking H2O snakes though)....she's got "prey instincts".... I've seen some dawgs make short order of snakes in my life....we'll see

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I wiil try not to let it happen...but tell Marco Polo that...instincts....she's got 'em