Sammy & Roxy... Possum Hunters!

Sammy and Roxy were going ballistic out on the deck a bit ago. I went out to investigate and they'd "treed" a possum. Well... sort of. The possum was in the cherry tree by the deck, and the dogs were eye-level with it, just a couple feet away. The possum (possums are pretty stupid) decided he was trapped and just sat there... playing possum. I made a few noises and shook the branch, but Mr. O'possum didn't have any plans for moving anywhere.

I finally got Sammy and Roxy back in the house and grabbed a broom tho shoo the intruder away. A couple pokes had no effect, so I gave him a good baseball-swing with the broom. That got him out of the tree. I watched him meander his way to the neighbors yard. I'm sure he'll be back. Roxy and Sammy will be expecting him.