This morning I let Carey outside and she is barking like crazy at something. I look outside and see she has cornered something. I figure I better go rescue neighbors' puppy or something. When I look around the tree all I see is something brown (just it's head) I thought maybe it was a squirrel that wouldn't run away (we had one of those a couple of years ago). Then I see it's a snake!! All the fur on Carey's back is standing up and she's right in front of this snake, barking like crazy. I run around to the other side of tree and call her, she ignores me. I have to scream at her to get her to back off at all. Then I act excited and start to run to house, so she follows me a little and then I get her inside. I was soooo scared. Checked her all over to see if she'd been bitten, very lucky she wasn't.