# My Favorite Dog got Snake-Bit :sad face: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303 "2018-05-16T19:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/21 "2018-05-16T23:32:25Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Good luck to her, & some (non-injured) pix of the girl; you’ve been here long enough to know better. Here ya go: [bob smith | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/155285423@N02/) Recent pic of the snake bite, and a recent video of Doxie showing his remarkable recovery from being crippled. It’s titled, “Doxie mid may” or something like that. I can’t remember exactly, I did it over 4 minutes ago. :o ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/22 "2018-05-17T00:42:35Z")
About those pics and vids: They are kinda reverse chronological order (with the exception of the puppies, they kinda got tossed in the middle), so if you start at the bottom and work up, you see Doxie running before he got crippled, then his recovery, up to yesterdays snake bite. Fun dogs, these Wieners! ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/23 "2018-05-17T00:58:07Z")
Poor doggie. And nice pics. Wow, you are really out in the wilderness, aren’t you! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/24 "2018-05-17T02:14:01Z")
Poor Dixie! She’s making a very sad dog face at you. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/25 "2018-05-17T02:51:33Z")
Dixie update: She is doing very well. Swelling in her neck has gone from Ping-Pong ball size to Foos-Ball size (for our indoor sports enthusiasts). And she is wagging and eating the fat from my steak (loaded with drugs for her) on her own. I don’t have to force it down her throat. Because of the intense rain, nobody wanted to go for the daily Jeep ride, so that was thankfully avoided. Everybody happy, in the boxes, cocooned in their stinky blankies. God, that back room stinks… My butt-hole is slowly unclenching due to these developments. I think she is gonna be okay. :crying face, now: Thank you all for your support and kind words. It really means a lot to me. I don’t have people to hang out with in real life, but you guys/gals are The Tops. Skritches delivered to everybody, credited to **The Dope!** Now my fingers stink. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/26 "2018-05-17T02:59:04Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Wow, you are really out in the wilderness, aren’t you! Yes. And yet only 20 minutes away from Legal Prostitution! Well, for now. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Poor Dixie! She’s making a very sad dog face at you. Yes. ☹ But you shoulda seen her yesterday. :eek: I didn’t get pics. Was too preoccupied to do that. The silver ring on her muzzle is actually a Sharpie. Needed to outline the major damage to see if it was growing. Doesn’t seem to be, for now. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/27 "2018-05-17T03:01:39Z")
Good, I am doing my happy dog dance for the killas! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/28 "2018-05-17T03:20:32Z")
Yeah, its a load off, to be sure. I didn’t want to have to build a coffin in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/29 "2018-05-17T03:27:33Z")
Dude, stop. I can’t think of that while happy dancing.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/30 "2018-05-17T03:33:37Z")
Right! Dixie is famous for her _Happy Dance_. As soon as she’s back at it, I’ll get it on camera and post it for you. No woodworking, except for my front porch, in the near future. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/31 "2018-05-17T03:46:38Z")
Yay! Cant wait to see Dixie-dog dance! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/32 "2018-05-17T17:36:42Z")
She is much better today. Swelling in the neck is way down, she ate well, went out with the other dogs and seems much less miserable. She even did a little spin-dance this morning! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/33 "2018-05-17T17:48:08Z")
Just seeing this. So glad she’s getting through it all right. Good job getting her to the vet - I’m shocked in an area like that they didn’t have anti-venin on hand for her? What’s up with that?!? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/34 "2018-05-17T19:40:06Z")
Great!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/35 "2018-05-17T20:04:54Z")
Awww she looks sweet. Glad she’s on the road to recovery! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/36 "2018-05-17T21:23:10Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Just seeing this. So glad she’s getting through it all right. Good job getting her to the vet - I’m shocked in an area like that they didn’t have anti-venin on hand for her? What’s up with that?!? Oh they do. They told me, with a straight face, it would be $1500-2000. And no guarantee of anything. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/37 "2018-05-17T23:05:15Z")
Hmmm. I wonder if you could get some to keep around for yourself. How much it would cost, how long it lasts, and so on. Maybe it doesn’t happen often enough to be worth doing, but that seems crazy high. Was that the emergency vet? I’m glad she made it. skritches! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/38 "2018-05-17T23:52:21Z")
Dang, We oughta be in the venom catching business. Wonder how hard that would be? Hmmmm?🙂 Really happy for Dixies recovery! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/39 "2018-05-18T00:08:10Z")
Wow! That’s crazy. IT looks like it is even worse for humans:[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/09/the-crazy-reason-it-costs-14000-to-treat-a-snakebite-with-14-medicine/?utm\_term=.d21f891b5c0d](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/09/09/the-crazy-reason-it-costs-14000-to-treat-a-snakebite-with-14-medicine/?utm_term=.d21f891b5c0d) And the anti-venom itself is only about $200 online retail. :mad: Anyway, all’s well that ends well; she’s making it through just fine. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303/40 "2018-05-18T16:09:16Z")
She was right back at it yesterday! Eager to get in the Jeep and go a-huntin’. Her neck is almost back to normal, but her muzzle is still a little puffy. Seems to be in good spirits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-dog-got-snake-bit-sad-face/814303.md?page=3)