Snake Safe Training – Free Range Dogs

EP 16: The Lasting Impact of Rattlesnake Aversion Training in Denver, CO

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023Free Range Dogs

What you’ll learn in this episode: Rattlesnake aversion training, done correctly, lasts a lifetime. How and why dogs can’t see a rattlesnake because of their vision and height. How being exposed to and learning the scent of a rattlesnake protects your dog (and you). The evolution of aversion training and current effective practices What...

Training your dogs to Scent what they can’t See: Rattlesnake Aversion Training in Arizona and Utah

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023Free Range Dogs

I open most of my Snake Safe (rattlesnake aversion) classes by telling my folks, “I’m going to tell you something and you won’t believe it until you watch it today. Rattlesnakes are invisible to dogs.” That is a simple declarative statement, yet people don’t really grasp that I mean that literally. A rattlesnake can be on the ground...