:SHIVER: Rattlesnake!

Sophie barked non-stop while I tried to sleep. I yelled at her, banged on the window, and yelled again. Bark, bark, bark, BARK! Finally, I went outside to see what all the fuss was about. A rattlesnake as big as my arm was curled up in the dog pen. I was nervous about shooting in the pen with the dogs and since the snake was right by the gate, I wasn't going over there. I called my landlord. The snake died of a single shotgun blast to the head.

Ick.