<human>: I needed to let this out on some venue and /r/self popped up in my head.

Today while I was sitting here working on a LED project for my bus I heard a commotion outside my home. I live at the end of a dead-end street. The topology is mountains and wilderness here.

I got up and looked outside to see my next door neighbor, his daughter, the older gentleman (who's a total boss! mad respect to that guy even though its beyond the scope of my story) who lives 3 houses across the street from me, and my neighbor directly across the street. 

It was strange to see them there all standing on the side of my house so I asked what was going on. The next-door neighbor pointed and the little wanderer German Shepard mix dog who belonged to my neighbor across the street was laying there, dead.

The saddest part about all of this is that dog would come to my porch and hang out with my dogs, and then wander down the street and hang out with the other lonely dogs behind a fence. 

Well while I was investigating, my dog, who is also a German Shepard, was sitting there behind the fence crying, like how he does when something is totally sad. It made it way more depressing.

As it turns out she was bitten in the face by the rattlesnake. I was able to clearly identify the small pin marks, swelling and foam.

So before anything else could be said I offered to take the dog to Animal Control to be cremated, and my neighbor who owned the dog said "what?" and I said I would take her because I'm sure her kids wouldn't want to see the dog. She thanked me profusely and cried a little for the dog.

I guess I can say it was depressing to say the least. The message I would like to send out to everybody tonight is if you live in an area like mine, to get your dog anti-venom shots when you get them their booster shots. It may just save your dogs life. Both of my dogs have them.

Can you give me a shortened version of the text?
<bot>: Neighbors dog was bit by a rattler and died. It was depressing. Get your dogs anti-venom if you live in a rural area.