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“She just looked so sad. She
looked like she needed a family.”
Fisher spoke kindly of the old pup
and after spending just a moment
in Opossum’s company, he could
not bear to give her up. Though she
was originally planned to be a gift to
his mother, Fisher decided to keep
Opossum for himself, and adopted
not only her, but another elderly dog
for his mother, a terrier mix by the
name of “Chip.”
Though Opossum had seemed sad
and lonely from inside her kennel,
Fisher suspects she might have been
living up to her name a bit.
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“Once we got her in the jeep
she was all happy. I think she was
‘playing Opossum’ on us.” He
chuckles at the memory of her sudden
change in demeanor.
Opossum has adjusted very
well to her new furever home.
Surpris ingly, unlike 90 percent of the
dog population, Opossum actually
enjoys being dressed up.
“She loves dresses,” Fisher said.
“My wife dresses her up all the time;
she’s always in a sweater or dress or
something.”
Opossum also has a goofy habit of
smiling, teeth and all, at everyone.
“She smiles a lot,” Fisher told
Parker County Today, “like actually
shows teeth, smiles.” And who says
dogs aren’t people?
Opossum is not the only fur-child
in the Fisher family. She has three
fur-siblings to play with. Two boxers,
Dodge and Viper, along with a
spunky Yorkie named Sergeant.
“He’s the one that rules the
roost,” Fisher said of their tenacious
fur-member.
From cold and alone to warm,
clothed, and cherished, Opossum has
proven that age is but a number.
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