Jan 20, 2010: Retriever

xoxoxoBruce · 01-20-2010, 01:37 AM

What do retrievers do? Retrieve.

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Bronson is a retriever extraordinaire. Ducks are his specialty, and sometimes cell phones and other out-of-place odds and ends.
But this 11-year-old black lab recently came up to his owners with a startling quarry: A deadly copperhead snake.

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His owners were able to use his excellent training to help them get him out of his scary situation alive. Deborah put a chaff bag on the ground and pulled it up over the bottom of the snake and released its coil from Bronson’s snout. Then she gave the command.
“And as soon I said ‘Give’ he dropped it right into the bag and we sealed up the ends,” she says.

Good grief... I think I'd have gotten a good hold on the snake's head with a pair of vice-grips first.

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They rushed Bronson to their local vet, where tests showed he had been bitten at some point during his adventure. He spent four days on a drip at the vet’s, and is now fully recovered.

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SPUCK · 01-20-2010, 05:12 AM

Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a (fill in the blank)!

DanaC · 01-20-2010, 05:17 AM

Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a small semi-detached house!

capnhowdy · 01-20-2010, 06:56 AM

We graduate from turduckhen to snakeador. Par boil prior to grilling.

sandypossum · 01-20-2010, 07:06 AM

Yarragon, where Bronson & co live, is not far from us. We have copperheads and tiger snakes on our property too. We've been planning to train our new labradoodle pup not to approach them, but haven't got round to it. This is reminds me that we should do it sooner rather than later.

Our snake rule is: if they're in the paddocks or by the dam, they can stay. If they come into the garden - and especially near the house - they're dinner. No, really, dinner! Last summer we killed a big copperhead on our veranda. We peeled him and cured the skin. And then when he was nekkid, my other half said we may as well eat him. So we marinaded it and fried it up... mmmmmmistake! Tastes like chicken, but with the consistency of bicycle tyre. He was showing photos of it to his colleagues that week (he's a "new Australian" so this was his first big snake encounter) and the Chinese and Vietnamese colleagues almost pissed themselves laughing at the way we cooked it. They said snake has to be chopped up small and stewed. We now have a waiting list for the next snake dinner (Chinese, Vietnamese and British/West Indian). Strictly speaking, all snakes are protected in Australia, so this is the only way for them to eat snake. (Okay, take it away Sheldon!)

TheMercenary · 01-20-2010, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sandypossum

Yarragon, where Bronson & co live, is not far from us. We have copperheads and tiger snakes on our property too. We've been planning to train our new labradoodle pup not to approach them, but haven't got round to it. This is reminds me that we should do it sooner rather than later.

Good idea. Our Aussie Cattle Dog got bit by a Eastern Diamondback late last year.

Pete Zicato · 01-20-2010, 08:58 AM

Thus we see the very beginning of the new copperhead retriever breed.

Trilby · 01-20-2010, 07:38 AM

I do not eat serpents, Sir. may I say: Yeeeee - Uck.

monster · 01-20-2010, 07:50 AM

We secretly replaced Bronson's leash with a deadly copperhead snake. Let's see if his owners notice....

Shawnee123 · 01-20-2010, 09:00 AM

A labracoppo!

newtimer · 01-20-2010, 10:03 AM

This is exactly why some of us prefer to live in a little cabin at the North Pole. Why would anybody want to live in a place where poisonous things are slithering on the ground, waiting to bite you?

Trilby · 01-20-2010, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by newtimer

This is exactly why some of us prefer to live in a little cabin at the North Pole. Why would anybody want to live in a place where poisonous things are slithering on the ground, waiting to bite you?

exactly. I fee the same way about alligators and crocodiles. They're always wanting to bite you.

jinx · 01-20-2010, 10:11 AM

Scorpions. <shudder>

Gravdigr · 01-20-2010, 02:25 PM

Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a big-ass can of snake repellant.

Nirvana · 01-20-2010, 02:40 PM

I cannot wrap my mind around " look honey there is a snake! Lets eat it!"

01-20-2010, 06:56 AM	#4
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	We graduate from turduckhen to snakeador. Par boil prior to grilling. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-20-2010, 07:06 AM	#5
sandypossum tri-continental dag hag Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 247	Yarragon, where Bronson & co live, is not far from us. We have copperheads and tiger snakes on our property too. We've been planning to train our new labradoodle pup not to approach them, but haven't got round to it. This is reminds me that we should do it sooner rather than later. Our snake rule is: if they're in the paddocks or by the dam, they can stay. If they come into the garden - and especially near the house - they're dinner. No, really, dinner! Last summer we killed a big copperhead on our veranda. We peeled him and cured the skin. And then when he was nekkid, my other half said we may as well eat him. So we marinaded it and fried it up... mmmmmmistake! Tastes like chicken, but with the consistency of bicycle tyre. He was showing photos of it to his colleagues that week (he's a "new Australian" so this was his first big snake encounter) and the Chinese and Vietnamese colleagues almost pissed themselves laughing at the way we cooked it. They said snake has to be chopped up small and stewed. We now have a waiting list for the next snake dinner (Chinese, Vietnamese and British/West Indian). Strictly speaking, all snakes are protected in Australia, so this is the only way for them to eat snake. (Okay, take it away Sheldon!) Attached Images __________________ you're never too old to have a happy childhood

01-20-2010, 08:58 AM	#7
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Thus we see the very beginning of the new copperhead retriever breed. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

01-20-2010, 07:38 AM	#8
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I do not eat serpents, Sir. may I say: Yeeeee - Uck. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

01-20-2010, 07:50 AM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We secretly replaced Bronson's leash with a deadly copperhead snake. Let's see if his owners notice.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-20-2010, 05:12 AM	#2
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a (fill in the blank)!

01-20-2010, 09:00 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	A labracoppo! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-20-2010, 10:03 AM	#11
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	This is exactly why some of us prefer to live in a little cabin at the North Pole. Why would anybody want to live in a place where poisonous things are slithering on the ground, waiting to bite you?

01-20-2010, 10:11 AM	#13
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Scorpions. <shudder> __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-20-2010, 02:25 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a big-ass can of snake repellant. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-20-2010, 02:40 PM	#15
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I cannot wrap my mind around " look honey there is a snake! Lets eat it!" __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

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