Durango Kennel Club hosts rattlesnake avoidance clinic
Professional dog trainer Terry Chandler checks to see if Dolly, held by owner Connie Bechtolt, is afraid of a rattlesnake after the dog was lightly stimulated with a shock collar when first walking up to the snake during a Rattlesnake Avoidance Clinic hosted by the Durango Kennel Club on Saturday in Ignacio. One hundred and forty people with their dogs signed up for the clinic with Chandler from La Cruces, N.M., who has been training snake avoidance for 40 years. The kennel club hopes to hold another clinic in September. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A rattlesnake is used by professional dog trainer Terry Chandler during a Rattlesnake Avoidance Clinic hosted by the Durango Kennel Club on Saturday in Ignacio. One hundred and forty people with their dogs signed up for the clinic. Chandler, from La Cruces, N.M., has been training snake avoidance for 40 years. The kennel club hopes to hold another clinic in September. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Bingo, held by owner Ashlyn Rochester, walks up on a rattlesnake just before professional dog trainer Terry Chandler lightly stimulates the dog with a shock collar, teaching it to be afraid of the snake and walk away during a Rattlesnake Avoidance Clinic hosted by the Durango Kennel Club on Saturday in Ignacio. One hundred and forty people with their dogs signed up for the clinic. Chandler, from La Cruces, N.M., has been training snake avoidance for 40 years. The kennel club hopes to hold another clinic in September. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A rattlesnake is used by professional dog trainer Terry Chandler during a Rattlesnake Avoidance Clinic hosted by the Durango Kennel Club on Saturday in Ignacio. One hundred and forty people with their dogs signed up for the clinic. Chandler, from La Cruces, N.M., has been training snake avoidance for 40 years. The kennel club hopes to hold another clinic in September. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Professional dog trainer, Terry Chandler, checks to see if Chaco, held by owner Mary Jackson, is afraid of the rattlesnake after the dog was lightly stimulated with a shock collar when first walking up to the snake during a Rattlesnake Avoidance Clinic hosted by the Durango Kennel Club on Saturday in Ignacio. One hundred and forty people with their dogs signed up for the clinic. Chandler, from La Cruces, N.M., has been training snake avoidance for 40 years. The kennel club hopes to hold another clinic in September. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
A rattlesnake is used by professional dog trainer Terry Chandler during a Rattlesnake Avoidance Clinic hosted by the Durango Kennel Club on Saturday in Ignacio. One hundred forty people with their dogs signed up for the clinic. Chandler, from La Cruces, N.M., has been training snake avoidance for 40 years. The kennel club hopes to hold another clinic in September. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
