Sic 'em!!

[Jim]

0250 HRS-

Jones, my ol' buddy of twelve years, woke me up just a bit ago with a very urgent whining. It's not like him to do that. Once he parks, he's pretty much settled for the night.

I got up to let him out and found Dolly, my Walker Hound, Gretchen, the Shepherd, and 'Sir Patrick', our Scotty, pacing to and fro and all very wired up. I opened the front door and let 'em out.

The whole pack hit the ground and did a rumrunner's turn at the bottom of the steps. Jones and Patrick went under one end of the steps and Dolly and Gretchen went under the other end. Somethin's up, this ain't no pee-pee run.

In a nanosecond, all h311 broke loose. Dolly went into a bay, Patrick let out one quick, sharp bark and a bar fight broke out. Under the steps! I broke for the gun room.

I came back with a Mag Lite and my stainless Single Six with the CCI Blazers in it. We goin' huntin'! I opened the front door with the flashlight in my right hand and the Single Six in my left, thumb across the hammer. Too late.

All four dogs were standin' in a circle in the front yard lookin' at me like "Where you been?" The main attraction in the circle was a dead 'possum. Bein' cornered by a pair of tag teams, he never had a snow ball's chance in a brick oven.

I flung the carcass over the fence, brought everybody back inside for a treat and praised everybody very highly. Jones was struttin' around like "Daddy, I KNEW there was somethin' out there!" Dolly went tearin' in the bedroom and jumped on the bed with Janet to brag.

"Momma, I killed a 'possum!!"

[1Shirt]

Good dogs Jim!!!! Keepers!
1Shirt!

[waksupi]

Good thing it wasn't a skunk!

[OBIII]

Yeah, Jim, you got lucky on that one. Could have been skunk, porcupine, badger. Let's be thankful it was something they could handle easily. Tell Janet to go back to sleep, watch dog's on alert and all that.
OB

[wallenba]

Any way to cook those critters up Jim? At least for a dog food reward. I've heard people do eat them. Uncle Jed, granny and Jethro anyway. I've always got food on the brain...

[mold maker]

During the depression, my Grandmother said she cooked worse than that. If it was crawling or flying it was fair game for the pot.
Granddad was a barber and took chickens or fresh meat as payment. He even took promises from those he knew to be as good as their word. It was hard for them to garden and raise enough for the 7 of them "in town".
On several occasions (in the 40s) I looked over the edge of a barrel, at the grin of a possum, that would be fed sweet potatoes and skim milk to "clean it out". Although I never was around when it was served, I'm sure it tasted better than it looked.

[Trey45]

Good dogs let you know when there's intruders around. Great dogs eat them.

[WILCO]

Thanks for the report Jim! Well written. Felt like I was right there with ya. :)

[popper]

My Schnauzer only barked at cans being thrown into the ally. He also liked to dig holes in the green carpet and pee on legs. He passed of natural causes @ 16 yrs. Now my 20+ pound Siamese could leap a chain link fence in a single bound and took a chunk out of several legs (not mine). He never tore up furniture or 'went' outside his box in 15 yrs.

[Crawdaddy]

Way to go!


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[Jim]

Here's the whole crew. Left to right: Patrick, Jones, Dolly & Gretchen

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[Bad Water Bill]

Looks like she is exhausted.

Have you checked your mail?

[oneokie]

Hey, Jim, who's baby cradle is that on the right?

[Jim]

Janet bought that at an estate sale. She thought it was cute.

[oneokie]

Ok, just askin'.

[Wayne Smith]

I grew up with a small German Shepard that would kill a coon all by himself. Saw him do it once, know of at least two others he killed. Very unusual dog.

You got a great crew, Jim.

[JeffinNZ]

Well, it's lucky they are good looking bunch cos' I wouldn't appreciate being woken at that time for a possum. Kinda reminds me of when Griffin the cat liberated a live rat in our house at a similar time. That was about as well received as a pork chop in a synagogue.

[Firebricker]

Jim a man just can't have too many "best friends" LOL When a dog gets a possum or critter their as proud as if one of us took a record book buck with a cast boolit and rightfully so. FB

[Jim]

Oh, they all got highly praised and a treat! At 3 O'clock in the mornin'!

Dolly thought that was slicker'n snot on a door knob. "Go huntin' in the front yard at 3 in th' mornin' and then get a treat on top o' THAT? Like Daddy says, we squattin' in high cotton!"

[Blacksmith]

Jim

Next time the dogs act up at 3 AM stop in the gun room first then open the door. It could have been a two legged critter.

[Jim]

If it was a two legged critter, Gretchen would have been drawin' blood before I coulda' got a bead on 'im. She's a 90 lb. Shepherd that lives only to eat somebody. Besides, very few people even know there's a house up on this ridge. We've been here almost three years and have NEVER had anybody wander up here.