Blackbear and a Snake!

My mom was running down to our gardens, and she almost stepped on a Western Fox Snake! She told me to come down to where she was and sure enough, there was a pretty big, brown and black snake slithering on the ground! I went to get Zeke, (who is intrigued by snakes) and he came running out along with, R.J. and Savannah.
When we got to the snake, Zeke tried to pick it up! But of course mom didn't want him to.  Then who should come along but Blackbear, our big black dog! He didn't notice it at first, but when he accidentally stepped on the snake, it lunged toward him! He definitely saw it then!  After about 10 minutes of watching Blackbear bark at the snake and then in return it would lunge at him, Zeke,(being the brave ten-year old boy he is,) picked it up with a stick and Blackbear was trying to bite the snake of! Finally, he took a bite at it and shook it and then let go! He did that a few times until it died! One time it almost hit Zeke in the face!!!