Sparky screws around a lot, but doesn’t shirk his guard dog duties.

It’s been raining all evening, so Sparky already had a busy schedule.  At about 11 pm, Sparky started doing his stranger-danger bark at the patio door.  As I’ve mentioned before, he almost never barks in the house.

There was a possum on the deck, just on the other side of the patio door.  It was dark outside, and light inside, so at first, I thought it was Sparky’s reflection. 

Sparky wanted to go outside to take on the possum, so we did.  Sparky cleared the deck, with no luck.

By the time I had shoes and leash, the possum had run passed the wood shed, so there was no chance we’d find the possum, but Sparky acted bravely.