A friend of mine keeps a lot of hots, including several varieties of Cobras including albinos, some gorgeous Gaboon Vipers, several rattlesnake species, including albinos, Copperheads and quite a few other exotic kinds of vipers.
Going to his house is always a visit filled with wonder and amazement.
He has no tattoos, piercings or otherwise “weird” distinguishing marks and is a rather conservative, intelligent man.
He sells his venomous broods as “display specimens” and has been quite successful at it.
I personally don’t want a snake I can’t take out and play with but I’m not everybody.
I hope the dog is okay and the snake is found.
Somebody is missing quite a pricey critter.
No matter what you say, no sane person keeps deadly reptiles as pets.