this was about 2 mos ago, it was about 2pm in the afternoon and I heard the dog snarling down by the coop. i ran out there and the dog's got a possum in his mouth, shaking it back & forth. Possum is snarling & screeching, trying to get free. I sprinted back to the house, grabbed my .22, ran back & loaded the .22. Got the dog to drop the possum and possum plays dead. I decided to kill it as the dog had already chewed it up and if I let it go, it likely would come back for more chicken dinner. Finished it off with a shot to the head. Fortunately it didn't get any of the chickens-apparently he was trying to climb the fence into the run (the hens were out that day) and the dog smelled/heard it. The possum was close to getting in the run, and I know what would have happened had he broken in
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