Snake enjoys dogmeat; dogs are very slow

This monster 23 foot (23 feet!!) snake apparently ate 11 guard dogs, who were protecting a fruit orchard. The news story makes no mention of what breed of dog these were, so I have to assume that they were either Pomeranian or Chihuahuas. The guard dogs we employ to protect heaven would never be humiliated by a snake. Our dogs do carry fully automatic weapons and have their teeth sharpened into razor sharp knives that can slice off a man's head with a single bite, but still. If this one snake ate up 11 of these guard dogs, what in Dad's name were these dogs supposed to protect the orchard from? Spiders, rats and flys?

In a related story, this snake has just signed on to star in Anaconda 9: Attack of the Python.