Dog Bitten By Rattlesnake Dies Shortly After Release From Hospital On 5/12/21 at 6:15 AM EDT A dog has died just days after being repeatedly bitten by a rattlesnake in Pranther, part of California's Central Valley region. Jersey, the three-year-old dog, was playing on the rocks outside the home of her owner Deborah Smith when she encountered the snake. Smith told California's KGPE: "I heard the gravel move and she came out from between the cars, and she was swollen and drooling, and she had been bit by a rattlesnake." Jersey was rushed to Fresno Pet ER, where she was immediately placed on anti-venom treatment after she was found to have five rattlesnake bites.