Why
Hiking With Your Dog is Fraught with these Two Frequent Dangers
Your
dog is your best friend, but you can make him still more amiable
if you can take him on longer walking sessions.Further, if
you could make your dog accompany your frequent hiking trips
you can enjoy seeing your dog loitering happily in meadows
and your dog will also thank you by way of being more loyal
to you than ever.
However,
the fun of hiking with your dog by your side has got few lurking
dangers associated with it and you may also end up getting
your dog injured, sometimes fatally too. Being a responsible
owner of your most liked pet, you should exercise caution
in all your hiking trips and know how to protect and save
your dog from any danger.
The
first lesson in your dog’s safety during hiking is the
very knowledge of various risks involved and we will see two
of them now:
1.
If you are living in the southern parts United States then
you should take note of various sized anthills that may pose
a potential danger to your dog. Such anthills are also found
in large numbers along the coasts of South Carolina extending
up to Texas, and the colonies of these fire ants are really
big and very ferocious.
These
fire ants are very aggressive and besides this they also found
to contain venom which is being used to attack the intruders
with painful bites. Though the sting or the bite may be small,
when a colony of ants barge over your dog, it is possible
that your dog might even die due to thousands of venomous
stings.
2.
The second potential danger comes in the form of snakes and
more likely in the form of rattlesnakes. Rattlesnakes normally
inhabit hilly areas with vegetation and pose a threat both
to humans and dogs as well. Further, rattlesnakes are also
found to settle in burrows and in hollow logs, and once disturbed
from its hideout, these snakes charge any intruder out of
fear.
Though
the rattle sound made by the snake may drive your dog away,
there is every chance that your dog might take a closer look
at the tail of the snake that makes the rattling sound and
get bitten by the snake from other angle.
When
it comes to snakes, there is one more common venomous snake
by name copperhead that could be found throughout the entire
United States. Though the venom is less virulent, it is capable
of crippling your larger sized dog, but if your dog happens
to be a smaller one such as Chihuahua then probably the poison
may leave your dog dead.
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