I had a lab, one of my duck dogs that was like this. Couldnt stand a snake and would hunt one up and bay it for a while and eventually kill it. She had gotten bitten several times buit I havent every had an adult dog die from a snake bite. She was bitten several times but eventually got better and better at hunting them and got to where she didnt get bit or either it didnt effect her anymore. I still got that lad, shes 14 and will still bay a snake. where I live the rattlers arent very bad though. It is mainly cotton mouths, so not sure if it would matter or not. Ive had other dogs do similar to that but after they got bit they learned to only bay and bay the snake very loose. Its good to have a dog that will find a snake before you step on it in the swamp
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