As many of you remember we have a opossum killer that lives in our backyard! She is keeping true to her reputation, there is one less opossum in the world this morning!
It was about 3am and I heard a familiar noise from the backyard. It was a half growl from Maggie along with that lovely shakign sound that comes while she has something in her mouth. I listend for about 1 minute and heard nothing, then the barking started. Now it wasn't like the last time, this was more of a half bark, a little high pitched, but not as panicky as the last time. So, that woke up Kevin and we both headed to the back door to see what it was. Sure enough, Maggie was satding over something barking. We got the hose to spray her so she would stop and turned the flood lights on in the yard. Kevin's first comment was "It's something small." I looked and said "That's a opossum!" It looked dead, we had pulled Maggie away and she was getting a drink. Kevin asked if we should bring Maggie inside, I said no because what is she had guts on her...gross! Then I suggested he scoop up the opossum and throw it away. He said "What if it's not dead, that's what they do you know." I think I said something like "Maggie wouldn't leave it alone if it was still alive." Shortly after that out of the corner of my eye I saw something moving, sure enough, that stupid thing was only pretending it was dead. Maggie was in the garage at this point, so she wasn't getting after it again. It may have been moving, but it was moving VERY slowly. You see, Maggie had injured it enough that it was dragging the back half of it's body, it was nasty! Kevin said by morning it would be dead, and I said what if it tries to go behind the shed or hide and we can't find it. That's when I left the scene, I just couldn't watch what was about to happen. Kevin got his shovel...yup, you guessed it, hit it over the head and killed it! YUCK!
He then scooped it up, put it in a garbage bag and into the trash. It took a total of 30 minutes, nothing like the 1 1/2 hour ordeal last time.
Maggie got a treat for, once again, protecting her family! Good dog!
7 comments:
...And Kevin was even home!!!
What's the difference between an opossum and a possum???
Lisa, the spelling is opossum, and you say it possum...beleive it or not I did a report on these ugly animals in 4th grade!
Way to go Kev! Why did you throw out perfectly good meat? Bear Grylls would've eaten it. Where are the pictures?
Wichert
chief protector of the family! I'm glad Kevin was there so you could tell him, "See I was telling the truth!"
Doesn't an opossum look like a big rat? I don't think I've ever seen one. And about your report in 4th grade, I think you have formed a bond with the opposum world, now you are just setting up for a trap, geez you're so mean!
Hunter, gatherer. I hear it tasts like chicken.
Ross
Ohhhhh...gotcha,the infamous silent 'o'...whoever heard of that? Thanks for clearing things up!
Becky may be on to something though...
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