Come on Now, BOYS!!!

This story may sound familiar and I may have told a similar one before but I swear this just happened last night!

So my dogs are barking ferociously - the kind of bark that would suggest that a mass murderer is prowling in the woods...so of course out go the dogs...my sister comes upstairs and says, "There is something white in the woods and the dogs are after it!" Oh great, another hunt and destroy mission from the three stooges! "So Lynds is it like a big white - like an over sized robber, or a small white?" Um it's, um... I put my hands out and say is it this big - YES!!! How'd you know? OPOSSUM!!!

This scene is unfortunately all too familiar and generally doesn't end well. If you know anything about opossums you know that they are creepy looking and they play dead. I keep trying to explain to the boys that they aren't good play things but they just don't care. They mostly enjoy poking the poor thing and if this goes on for too long it becomes a game of who can toss the opossum the highest - bad game boys!

So back to the case and point...I venture out into the woods and manage to grab two of the three and walk back towards the house - of course they don't come when called. As we are walking back Bailey decides he wants to go back and play with the poor creature so he sits down and starts crying - yes thank you I am now trying to drag 2 thirty pound dogs back to the house - this stinks! Finally the little rascals are back in the house and done playing with the poor creature that was himself playing dead! So I of course ask the dogs, "Now was that really necessary? Come on now!" Bentley replied that it was necessary and he wanted more - he proceeded to cry for about 2 hours. Those are the boys, take 'em or leave 'em!

So just in case you are yearning for some really cool Opossum trivia - I knew you were. Trivia #1 Their hair changes color to blend in with their surroundings, hence the fact that it is dark in the picture and white this time of year. For those of you who live in the south - we have snow up here! Trivia #2 they are the only marsupial found in North America.