Copperhead bit my dog

SOONER

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My Brittany started going nuts on the driveway near the garage. My wife went out their and found him going at a snake. She saw that it looked like a Copperhead so she killed it with some hedge clippers. About 3 minutes later my dog started acting strange and got real lethargic. Then he started breathing hard and wouldnt move. We had to take him to the 24 hour emergency vet. They are giving him IVs and keeping him overnight. Looks like he will be ok but its going to cost me about $300.
 

rh71

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I'd pay $1k if it meant my dog could live.

Hope your dog is ok. Your wife is brave.
 

zippy

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I hope your dog is alright. That seems like a bargain to keep a member of the family healthy. :)
 

RU482

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maybe you should ask for paypal donations to help pay for it. I garauntee someone would take pity on your situation
 

Shockwave

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Your wife went after a Copperhead with a pair of goddamned hedge clippers?!?! :confused:
Damn, I aint messin with that woman!! :Q
 

ElFenix

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my cat has hyperthyroid disease. no idea what thats gonna cost.

emergency vets are a bigger rip than emergency rooms
 

shiner

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Damn snakes.....especially copperheads...those mother scratchers are so damn temperamental....you might walk over or by them two or three times and not even know they are there....then suddenly WHAM they get you. Sorry ass bastards!! Can't stand em....my parents own quite a bit of land out in the country and in the summer it's crawling with damn copperheads.....I take great pleasure in offing them with my 9mm. Lousy ass wastes of skin....why in the hell....oh sh1t I jut hate em!!!

Hope your dog is ok.
 

Schadenfroh

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
my cat has hyperthyroid disease. no idea what thats gonna cost.

emergency vets are a bigger rip than emergency rooms

marry your cat and get your companies spouse health plan for it.
 

Crucial

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Originally posted by: ElFenix
my cat has hyperthyroid disease. no idea what thats gonna cost.

emergency vets are a bigger rip than emergency rooms

marry your cat and get your companies spouse health plan for it.

Isn't this only legal in Canada?
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: X-Man
They sell dog health insurance IIRC.

how long before a company starts adding that to the benefit package?
 

Insane3D

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: X-Man
They sell dog health insurance IIRC.

how long before a company starts adding that to the benefit package?

They have cat insurance too...it's actually cheaper. I priced it out awhile back but I haven't got of my butt and signed my two cats up. It covers like $15K per year per pet. The last time I checked, I think it was $99/yr.

:)
 

huey1124

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
Originally posted by: X-Man
They sell dog health insurance IIRC.

how long before a company starts adding that to the benefit package?

i think most companies do have health insurance benefit for spouse.

 

Frodolives

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My sympathy to your dog, and empathy to you for the cost of caring for beloved pets <3

A few years ago one of my cats found a copperhead in the yard and fortunately was smart enough to keep at a distance while pointing it out to me, and I killed it with a garden hoe.
 

Aquaman

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Originally posted by: Frodolives
My sympathy to your dog, and empathy to you for the cost of caring for beloved pets <3

A few years ago one of my cats found a copperhead in the yard and fortunately was smart enough to keep at a distance while pointing it out to me, and I killed it with a garden hoe.

how do you kill a snake with a gardedn hose ? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: Frodolives
My sympathy to your dog, and empathy to you for the cost of caring for beloved pets <3

A few years ago one of my cats found a copperhead in the yard and fortunately was smart enough to keep at a distance while pointing it out to me, and I killed it with a garden hoe.

how do you kill a snake with a gardedn hose ? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

HAHAHA!
Garden HOE
Ya dumb slut. :D
 

Aquaman

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: Frodolives
My sympathy to your dog, and empathy to you for the cost of caring for beloved pets <3

A few years ago one of my cats found a copperhead in the yard and fortunately was smart enough to keep at a distance while pointing it out to me, and I killed it with a garden hoe.

how do you kill a snake with a gardedn hose ? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

HAHAHA!
Garden HOE
Ya dumb slut. :D

I'll make you my biotch :p

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

huey1124

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: Frodolives
My sympathy to your dog, and empathy to you for the cost of caring for beloved pets <3

A few years ago one of my cats found a copperhead in the yard and fortunately was smart enough to keep at a distance while pointing it out to me, and I killed it with a garden hoe.

how do you kill a snake with a gardedn hose ? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

he said he killed the snake with your mom, not a garden hose. you dumb slut.

 

Linux23

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Originally posted by: Aquaman
Originally posted by: Frodolives
My sympathy to your dog, and empathy to you for the cost of caring for beloved pets <3

A few years ago one of my cats found a copperhead in the yard and fortunately was smart enough to keep at a distance while pointing it out to me, and I killed it with a garden hoe.

how do you kill a snake with a gardedn hose ? :Q

Cheers,
Aquaman

easy...drown it to death. duh.
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