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I saw a tiktok explaining that there are a lot of venomous snakes out in unprecedented numbers for this time of year (because of the heat) and that 9 dogs in Geelong and the surrounding area were bitten by venomous snakes in one day. So can the dog owners of this wonderful thread please be super vigilant and keep your precious babies safe.
Edit: just to add, this is not to villainise snakes but to warn people to keep their dogs close and on leads so they don't make snakes feel threatened. There is a training program you can enrol dogs in that teaches them to keep away from snakes. It's called Snake avoidance training.
Snakes of all species will generally try to avoid conflict and generally flee when they sense the vibrations of something larger coming towards them. To snakes, dogs are potential predators and snakes will engage in a number of threat displays to scare a potential predator off before resorting to biting. If the dog ignores those threat displays it is will sadly get bit.
People need to be more responsible for their pets and keep them supervised. It's not like snakes are intentionally seeking out dogs to bite. That tiktok is blatant fearmongering and all it is going to do is villainise snakes and encourage people to harm them.
In fairness she was just telling people to be more aware as her dog had been bitten and she was upset, she told people to keep away from snakes and to be vigilant. She was just letting them know there are more around then usual and her vet had told her the same thing.