I have a Lancashire heeler which is a small dog and I can be seen walking three dogs and a couple of ferrets around the village I live in. As for the oldest ferret, my oldest jill was born on 27th February 1990. Tony http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/tony-pet.html Most of my ferrets have been seen on UK National Television http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/environment/programmes/countryfile/ http://www.ferretsinneed,org.uk These sites are people who own or want to talk about. whole ferrets http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/house-ferrets http://groups.msn.com/UKHouseFerretsSmallPetsAssociation http://www.geocities.com/houseferrets13uk/index.html http://www.hva-er-galt.com/ssof/ http://www.webspawner.com/users/ferretwelfare/index.html; The UK Charity Commissioners are appointed under the Charities Act 1993 principally to further the work of charities by giving advice and information also checking for abuses. Aims:- To give the public confidence in the integrity of charities. http://www.charity-commision.gov.uk [Posted in FML issue 4396]