Originally Posted By: DoubleCK
Do you think that dogs who have been bitten previously have any resistance to the effects of future bites?
i do 100% I have dogs who have been bitten several times over the years, and each time, the affects are much less. The last time my pit was bit it was by a baby cotton mouth, about 12 inches long, it got her on the lip, got her so good that it stuck there, she shook, spun, and floped until the snake let go, and flung it, then proceded to kill it. this was about her 4th copperhead bight to the head, and she barely swelled up this time, just the lip swelled up. THe first time it was her whole head, then just the bottom part of her head, until now she barely swells at all.
Its not just her, it seems all my dogs have been bitten more than once, and each time they take it better than the time before.