I'm dogsitting while my mom is away. We have a fenced in dog yard and a while ago I let the dogs out only to hear a ton of barking. When I investigated they had a snake trapped. They were just barking at it and it was just posturing at them.

I managed to get them inside ad went to see what kind of snake it was. I did this by walking outside the fence. The snake suddenly appeared outside the fence. I'm not afraid of snakes but that startled me. I looked it up and it's fine but I don't know if I should let the dogs back out. When I checked again it was still there, outside the fence but hiding in the bushes along the fence.

So now I guess I have to take the dogs out on leashes until dark. I don't really have a plan for snakes and can't ask my mom because she is severely phobic about snakes and would have a hard time ever going into the yard if she knew about it.

And now the dogs want out...