[dac]

Just saw an article about FLA having problems with 6ft long Nile monitor lizards too. People buying the illegally and releasing when the get too big. FLA has perfect conditions for those and big constrictors. That a whole other world there.

I've also heard about people release snakes like cobra's down there, its the perfect state for stuff like that to do really well.

 

[dac]

Florida has no toxic toads or frogs.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/os-bufo-toads-florida-dogs-post.html

 

[dac]

Ya have to let your dogs live life, can't have them shut away looking through the window at other dogs living life.
There is a risk involved, but you need to take it to give your dogs a life.

And I don't think the snakes in the US are anywhere near as poisonous as ours; if a dog gets bit here it will certainly die without anti-venom.

As srutter said above, his dogs survived without medical treatment.

I have just come back from a dawn patrol, and I took my two dogs and let them run free. It's autumn here and getting cooler now and I weigh up the risk; early in the morning and it's cool and the sun not yet up, so snakes I assume haven't come out to sunbathe and heat themselves up yet, and the fact that I have never seen a snake in this area; I don't doubt there are some around but it's not a high snake population area, so I think not a high risk of them being bitten.
Not 100% safe, but fairly safe and I take that risk to let them run free in the bush and live life.

Now I get the impression that you want to let your dogs loose in the backyard; are you surrounded by bushland?
If so you might get snakes coming in to find water or to hunt for mice; if you are just surrounded by other houses I think low risk.

And as for alligators; well I think if most dogs see an alligator coming into the yard they will bark their heads off.

I live more north then them at the moment. Where I'm at we have a large fence in backyard surrounded by houses, so very few venomous snakes up here, and no gators unless someone sets a pet free.

Not sure exactly what the circumstances are going to be when we move yet.

 

[dac]

I know but hes a yankee. On the Wekiwa there are quite a few gators bigger than my canoe..

You rebels are making me want to up in the mountains instead of going down into Florida.

 

[dac]

If your scared of things that go bump in the night then Florida is not the place for you

In all honesty I had no plans on moving to Florida until my mom decided(was convinced) that her only option to live comfortably in is Florida, and I would like to stay close to her in case something happens. Never been scared of the creepy crawlies up here, you guys down there just have to many creepy crawlies that can actually kill a person or dog.

 

[dac]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the wild chimps in the Green Swamp.:

You already did in the other thread I had going about moving to florida :

Y'all won't like Florida. We have Eastern Diamondbacks, Pygmy Rattlers, Coral Snakes, Cottonmouths, Timber Rattler, pythons and boas, black/brown widows, brown recluse, Florida Panther, bobcats, feral hogs, bears, coyotes, alligators and crocodiles, sharks galore, a small population of wild chimps in the Green Swamp, spider monkeys, and the skunk ape. Not to mention mosquitoes big enough to carry away a toddler. And ticks, leeches and sand fleas. I can't see why anyone in their right mind would want to live here. Oh I forgot the heat and humidity too. It makes hell seem cold.