Is a dog the natural enemy of a snake?

Not really. It is said that dogs can subdue snakes and once they see one, they will jump, jump and bark around it, similar to shamans walking the Yü step (a step movement commonly used by Taoist priests in their rituals of praying to the gods. It is said to have been created by Xia Yu, hence the name Yu-step. It is also known as “stepping on the Big Dipper” because it follows the position of the seven stars of the Big Dipper and turns as if stepping on the Big Dipper). If someone does not understand what is going on and interferes, they are often bitten by the snake. The owner of the Lin Mingfu family had a dog that kept barking late at night, so he lit a lamp to see what was going on and saw a snake coiled around it. The dog jumped and barked around it, and after a few dozen circles, the snake died. When I looked closer, I saw that the snake had no marks on its body, so I guess the dog had “cursed” it to death.