“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: MY BIG DIG AND THE GREAT OPOSSUM SCARE

MY BIG DIG AND THE GREAT OPOSSUM SCARE

Golly gee, I love digging a speciality of West Highland Terriers. I live to hunt prey (and perhaps a crust of bread and cheese too!) and there was an apparent collision between hunting and digging last night.

Several days ago, due to global warming, we saw an opossum for the first time in the neighborhood trundling along the top of the fence. Juicy opossum meat has my prey instinct boiling.

Last night Bob was about to open the door for my late-night bedtime ablutions and I heard him say, “Is that an opossum?” causing my blood to boil and as I readied for attack Bob did not open the sliding door so I could do my business so in pajamas and boots in the bitter cold accompanied by Bob I did my business in the driveway.

You see I had been digging by the fence leaving a hole which in the moonlight creating the impression of an opossum. You had to be there to see it! The big dig is my work and not the reference to the Boston Big Dig years ago!

I was so excited upon hearing the word opossum I simply couldn’t go to bed so Bob played with me until 00:30 at which point I entered my crate and yelped to escape so I could get that opossum but after a big “SHHHHH” from Bob I fell asleep dreaming of a chase!