We've been having to travel about 3-4 hours south to get on numbers the last 3 weeks and have been staying at a fish camp that rents cabins. Saturday night at about 2 AM my dog was sleeping on a blanket on the floor of my cabin and all of the sudden literally started screaming and running around the room. In a vodka blinded haze I woke up and checked him out and searched the floors of the room for a cottonmouth since the cabin is on the lake. I couldn't find anything, so I put my dog on the bed with me and turned on the tv so that I would hopefully stay awake so that I could watch him incase he started acting like he was snake bit. By 4:30 AM his breathing calmed down and he seemed ok, but wouldn't let me touch his tail and he showed absolutely no interest in going hunting and that's really weird for him. I ended up going hunting around 5 AM but wished that I hadn't, we killed a bunch of birds, but the whole time I was hunting I was thinking that I was going to come back to the cabin to a dead dog. He was fine when we returned, but the first 5" of his tail was swollen and he kept it pointing straight down. I've talked to a few people about it and they all said scorpion bite. Currently his tail is less swollen, but not 100%, and he's wagging it and is in his usual demeanor and active. Does anyone have any experience with scorpion bites and how did the dog react?

Sorry to hear that. You guys have a lot of things to worry about in nature

Rootsumm, I was bit on the neck by a scorpion carrying a sheet of plywood, I think I yelled and ran around like your dog . I threw up and my neck swelled but then the pain went away and I was fine. Your dog should be too. On another note , I got stung by a puss caterpillar this summer and thought I was going to pass out from the pain. Keep your dog and yourself away from those for sure, I'm scared to death of those now.