Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 11/18/2005 8:53:02 AM Central Standard Time, hollywoods@xxxxxxx writes: Just had a picture sent to me of a Rattlesnake that was 9ft 1 inch and weighed 97 pounds. It was caught just outside Amarillo, Texas.... OMG.. I wouldnt want your dog to get bit by this. If any of you want the picture email me My husband killed a 7 footer by our kennel years ago. He had it handing in the garage when I got home from a dog show. The funny thing is that night our daughters boy friend coiled in up right by the garage door, so that was the first thing Bob saw in the morning. And since he had to bend all the way over because the garage door handle was very low, his face was right next to the coiled, ready-looking to strike snake when the door went up. It is a wonder that he didn't die on the spot from a coronary, it scared him so badly. Sence big snakes are usually in pairs, I am sure he thought it was the dead snake's mate that had come to "get him" I did see the 2nd snake the next week coiled in the gutter in the kennel, but by the time I got the gun, it was gone. (I don't do big rattlers with only a hoe) We had never seen any rattlers before -or after- in the 10 years we live there. We have been on 30 acres for 12 years now and have yet to see a big rattler. Carol ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================