Dog bit by rattlesnake

Well, we had quite the weekend. Never a dull moment. Needless to say it was challenging.

Our dog twinkie, a 6 year old 1/2 boxer/pit mix was bit by a rattlesnake. I saw it happen. What scares me about the situation is it was unprovoked from what I could tell. The western rattler was hiding under the tractor bucket when the dog running by the bucket was struck. The ugly thing later showed it's head. We had to rush the dog to the vet. We didn't do the anti-venom shots, as she was in pretty good shape. She is doing well at home. I had our neighbor who is also a vet come look at her, he says she should be fine. Unless she was bit several times, he would not normally administer anti-venom. She had benadryl, some steroid shots and an iv for about an hour. The charge from the vet clinic (at 7am sunday morning for all this was $271.) If I went with the anti-venom shots and an overnight stay - $1548.

She seems to be okay and we are keeping an eye on her.