TAOS — Piñon branches stirred in the breeze as Kira Hancock led her dog, Lou, down a hill and through underbrush on a recent Sunday. Suddenly, a dry rattle curled through the air.
A coiled rattlesnake lay in wait, its bronze scales scarcely perceptible against the soil.
Lou ignored the snake’s warning and pressed his wet nose forward, then yelped and scuttled backward. His dismay came not from the bite of the rattler, but from the shock of an electric collar around his neck.
A dog trainee spots Hector, a diamondback rattlesnake, during the training session June 8.
Hector, a 3-year-old diamondback rattlesnake, helps train dogs to avoid dangerous snakes.
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