Quote Originally Posted by chocolatepuppy View Post
Oh boy! Do you worry about the dogs grabbing the snakes Jess? How long were they? I couldn't tell by the pictures. We get one once and a while here and I relocate them to the wooded area near our home. Wouldn't bother me a bit except for the dogs, I'm sure they'd kill the snake.
I did worry about the dogs bothering them so I closed off their doggy door until they had gone their separate ways. I doubt the dogs would bother them though, none of my three seem to have a strong prey drive. And I don't worry about the snakes biting since they aren't venomous and have no fangs. They seemed about average sized garter snakes.. maybe a foot or a bit over I would guestimate.

I was following the female as she went through the grass and got too close, seemed to scare her and she whipped right into the shed and banged into it in her panic, I felt bad . Then she slipped under it. I'll be keeping an eye out for them when I'm doing yard work, mostly to avoid hurting them