FOX 13 TAMPA – The Python Cowboy’s blind hunting dog, Helen, recently found a blind python while the pair were hunting in the Everglades.
Helen’s owner, Mike Kimmel, who is also known as the ‘Python Cowboy’, jokingly calls his beloved dog ‘Helen Killer’ and ‘Stevie Wonder’.
“All she’s got is that nose,” Kimmel said. “She ain’t got any eyes and she’s barely got her ears, but she’s got that nose.”
Video posted to YouTube and other social media channels, shows Helen roaming through the grass searching for snakes, while her ‘brother’ Otto jealously sits in a nearby boat.
“On the boat and in the truck, Helen doesn’t know what to do, but once her feet hit that island, Helen goes right to work,” Kimmel explained.
Kimmel, who owns several dogs, believes Helen’s nose is stronger than theirs because she lost her eyesight and barely has her hearing.
“I am always super impressed when a dog can find a python. It is super difficult. I have a bunch of good dogs and only a few of them can catch pythons,” Kimmel shared. “For a blind one to do it is even more impressive.”
Earlier this month, Helen not only found a python, but she found one that was blind.
“Blind Helen found a python just as blind as her,” Kimel shared. “She went right up to it. I would have found it without her most likely, but I followed her up in here. You could tell she was smelling it, and she went right to it.”
Kimmel added that Helen almost stepped on the snake, which almost bit her.
“Another notch on her belt,” Kimmel declared as he praised his pooch …
