In a world first, Snakeman Raymond Hoser and the Victorian Dog Training Academy have developed the Canine Snake Avoidance ® program, and it actually works!
This amazing program is being used to train dogs across Australia to keep them safe from venomous snakes and their bites.
Originally conceived 20 years ago, Snake Avoidance works to train dogs to avoid venomous snakes, even in the absence of the owner.
Because it uses venomous snakes of the exact species dogs are likely to encounter where they live, the training works.
It is risk free for the dog because the Snakeman is alone in Australia with the expertise to have vet certified surgically devenomized deadly snakes, which are used in the training. These are snakes rendered harmless by the surgical removal of two of the six saliva glands (the venom ones).
The snakes are otherwise normal in every way and they are all fully fanged, but harmless.
Snake Avoidance® uses all the deadly snakes from Victoria, including Black, Brown, Tiger and Copperhead, meaning no matter where in Victoria you or your dog goes, your dog will be protected from snake bites.
Raymond Hoser warns against people using DIY methods and gives a fake snake avoidance training warning. This is being illegally offered by one or more trademark infringers in breach of court orders.
“They teach dogs to avoid non-venomous pythons from northern Australia and the training offers no protection against the venomous snakes of Victoria.”
“We know this because we regularly get calls from people who have had fake snake avoidance training and every dog we have got to retrain has never avoided the venomous snakes until after we trained them. … that is, they see a Tiger Snake and they walk right up to it.”
Recently for example two potential clients diverted to fake snake avoidance had their dogs trained to avoid pythons. The dogs then attacked tiger snakes. Two were bitten, had a $12K vet bill and survived, only to be bitten again six weeks later and this time killed. Another victim of a scammer's dog was bitten, copped a $13K vet bill and survived the bite .... and the vet bill.
It is better to get it right the first time and have legitimate Snake Avoidance, with the registered trademarks owner and lessen the risks.
“After legitimate Snake Avoidance training, dogs run away as soon as they see or smell a venomous snake.”
Snake Avoidance ® is a three person job, involving pet owner, Trainer from the Victorian Dog Training Academy and for the Snakeman or one of his team, their job being nothing more than to watch the snakes and make sure they don’t run off during the training. That is at times difficult, especially when the weather is hot.
Raymond Hoser has various tricks to get snakes to "sit", "stay" and "move" as required and often involving several snakes of the same species. "It is quite involved, complicated and exacting work at times".
The cost is around $400 to $600 a dog, which is a steal considering the fact that the devenomized snakes have been valued at $1 million per snake in legal proceedings more than 10 years back.
It is also way cheaper than a vet bill for a snake bitten dog, which is a bill only the lucky owners get. For most dogs bitten by snakes, they die too quickly to be able to make it to a vet alive.
Further information at:
http://www.dogsnakeavoidancetraining.com.au
or by calling The Snakeman at Snake Avoidance at 0412777211
Videos of trained dogs avoiding venomous species of snakes are online at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guLuW85VUL8
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4JUXjWEvao
