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Old 01-20-2010, 01:37 AM   #1
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Jan 20, 2010: Retriever

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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Old 01-20-2010, 05:12 AM   #2
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Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a (fill in the blank)!
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Old 01-20-2010, 05:17 AM   #3
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Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a small semi-detached house!
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Old 01-20-2010, 06:56 AM   #4
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We graduate from turduckhen to snakeador. Par boil prior to grilling.
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Old 01-20-2010, 07:06 AM   #5
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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!)
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Old 01-20-2010, 07:38 AM   #6
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Old 01-20-2010, 07:50 AM   #7
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We secretly replaced Bronson's leash with a deadly copperhead snake. Let's see if his owners notice....
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Old 01-20-2010, 08:35 AM   #8
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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.
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Old 01-20-2010, 08:58 AM   #9
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Thus we see the very beginning of the new copperhead retriever breed.
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Old 01-20-2010, 09:00 AM   #10
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Old 01-20-2010, 10:03 AM   #11
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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?
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Old 01-20-2010, 10:08 AM   #12
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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.
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Old 01-20-2010, 10:11 AM   #13
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Old 01-20-2010, 02:25 PM   #14
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Stay tuned when next week Bronson retrieves a big-ass can of snake repellant.
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Old 01-20-2010, 02:40 PM   #15
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I cannot wrap my mind around " look honey there is a snake! Lets eat it!"
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