My New Long Little Friend

The dogs were barking like crazy under the hammock pergola.  They went on forever so I decided that something wasn't right.  I walked back and found then trying to get a huge black rat snake.  And that is when I lost my new clippers.  I have no idea if I tossed them in the air or if I dropped them and the dogs got them but now they are lost.  I ran back to the table to get my phone to get a picture.  When finally got there he was stretched out to his total length which was about 6 feet long.  Then I let him squeeze between the fence and the fence posts on the ground.  We need him in the garden.  So far the snake total is three.