This is Reuben. He is my early warning critter detector. He will start circling the storage shed on the hunt for any living critter. He thinks mice are tasty snacks and saves me a disposal effort.
He is smart enough to know this rat snake (AKA the right angle snake) was more than he wanted to tackle on his own, so he just barked at it. We locked our dogs out of the yard and the snake moved on with no further prompting.
Reuben has been sprayed by a skunk twice last year. Right now we have a skunk trapper in the neighborhood with traps set. We checked one trap and it has caught something so the trapper has been called to find out what is caught. For some reason I just don't feel like checking it real close, I will let the pro do his job without my help.