Classes Teach Dogs How to Avoid Rattlesnakes While Hiking

YOLO COUNTY, CA- It’s rattlesnake season and local dog trainers want to help keep your pet safe, offering classes beginning this weekend.

Wildlife experts report that rattlesnakes are emerging from hibernation earlier this year because food supplies were boosted by winter storms, says the SacBee, and dogs are 20 times more likely than humans to be bitten by a venomous snake and 25 times more likely to die from a bite they report.

Two organizations will host upcoming dog training events on how to avoid snakes in the greater Sacramento area over the next two weeks.

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RATTLESNAKE AVOIDANCE TRAINING FOR DOGS:

Get Rattled

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays

8560 S. Butte Rd., Sutter, 95982

$85

For more information call 530-674-5248

Raahauge’s Hunting Club

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8 and 9

$80

25835 County Road 8, Dunnigan, 95937

For more information call 530-724-0552

Photo credit Ted Hickman