How do you become your dog’s best friend? The answer is simple. Just take him on exciting walks for extended distances and hiking trips. Dogs enjoy the simple things in life such as roaming around with their masters in wide open lands, running though knee high grass. There’s nothing more fulfilling than watching your dog literally smile from having so much fun. However, most dog owners dog take into consideration that no matter how much fun it is for your dog to be running wild out in nature there are dangers that lurk which can cause serious harm to your lovable pet. It is therefore your responsibility to be educated on these potential dangers to guard your dog from being hurt or possible killed.
Below are a few risks associated with taking your dog out hiking or traveling other outdoor areas:
1. Dog owners need to be on the look out for ant hills. Especially, if you live in the south! Here between coasts of South Carolina to the lands of Texas there can be very large ant hills. In these areas there is also an abundance of fire ants which can be ferocious and uncommonly aggressive. It is best that you keep your dog completely away from these anthills.
These ants are some of the most aggressive ants that you can find and they actually contain venom in which they inject into potential threats who approach their nests. Although their stings are small (yet painful), if your dog is stung by many of them at one time then he runs the risk of being fatally wounded and may die.
2. Another serious threat is commonly snakes. There are many types of snakes and each area has it’s own type. However, rattlesnakes can be mostly anywhere there are dry areas of land posing a serious threat to any dog or even humans. Snakes prefer areas where they can burrow and areas of deep vegetation. Hollow logs are also a common place in which rattlesnakes like to hide out. Even though these snakes give off a rattling sound when any potential threat approaches, this does little to scare away most dogs, and as you can probably guess the results often lead to a dog being bitten in the face.
Another common snake that can be found throughout most areas of the United States is the copperhead. These snakes tend to bite often and are extremely painful. However, they are not very venomous at all and most medium-sized to larger sized dogs will not be wounded severely. The same may not be said for a smaller dog due to their size (such as a Chihuahua) and a bite from a copperhead snake may need more serious attention.
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