Possum problems

I seem to have a baby possum that has taken up residence in my yard/my neighbors' yards. I discovered it this afternoon when Max was going crazy barking at it. It just lay there, playing dead under a bush. Seemed to work too, because Max didn't actually attack it. He didn't know what to do with it. He just barked and sort of waggled his paw at it. I've always wondered what he would do if he caught a squirrel. Now I know: nothing! I brought Max in and went back out to check a few minutes later. The possum was out of my yard and into the neighbors. He just sat there looking at me through the chain link fence. I walked right up to him, and he slowly closed his eyes and lolled his head to the side, playing dead again. I thought that would be the end of it now that Max had given him a fright.

I was wrong. This evening when we came home after Scouts, Max found him again on the back porch. This time he seems to have used the bathroom on the patio, which is not cool because possums carry disease that can really harm dogs. Max loves to spend hours outside at night time because we have so many interesting things in our jungle of a back yard. I think his favorite thing to do at night is chase toads. But now I feel like I can't let him out there because of that darn possum! I need to trap it and take it somewhere else. I wonder where it is living?

And, since I'm posting pictures, ( Here are pics of Halloween! )