Today I received a call from one of my fellow Deputies. He is one of our K-9 handles. He told me that one of the City Police K-9 handles thinks his dog was bitten by a large snake and was concerned. I explained to him that we don't have any poisonous snakes in the area but to be on the safe side he should have the other officer call me so that I can try to ID the snake. A few moment later he called, he was still at the location the bite occurred so I asked him to describe the snake to me. I could tell he was looking at the snake but he said he could only see its head. He said the head was brown and triangular. Not a description of a normal area snake. He was only about 15 miles away so I drove to the location.
The head was black and everything but triangular.
His dog had disturbed a 4 foot beautiful female Bull snake. I was able to pull her out of her hide and gave her a quick check over. She appeared to be in good health and her weight seemed normal. I released her back into the shelter. She repeatedly tried to thank me for the experience