A dog is a dog, and will sometimes do the unthinkable.
 
Last year I read Alexandra's article in Ferrets magazine.  She wrote
about her ferret Switch The Kit, and the encounter with two dogs.
 
Alex wrote, *my dog didn't kill Switch, but she wanted to*.
 
I have two big dogs, both sweet and loving.
 
They do doggie things, chase squirrels and bunnies from the back pasture,
and keep the neighbors cat out of *their* yard.
 
One day I had the ferrets in their playpens on the front porch.  My hubby
and I sat reading, the dogs were laying nearby.  Such a peaceful Sunday
afternoon.
 
Suddenly we heard ferret screams as Parris had gotten a hold of Isabella
through the bars of the pen.
 
I turned to see my Black Lab stand up, then go over the pen in one smooth
leap.  I followed him in, yelled his *leave it* command, and grabbed his
muzzle.
 
No ferret.  Good boy Beau, good dog!
 
There I was with one excited dog that weighs nearly what I do on top of
three ferrets, one screaming.  Another big dog outside the pen, wanting
in.
 
I thought of Alexandra and her sweet Allis Chompers.  I remembered
Switch.
 
Hubby was home, he would not have been during the week.  I would have
been alone, inside the pen with this 97 pound dog, 7 ferrets, and no way
to get them separated without ferrets escaping to the excited barking
dog outside the pen.
 
I learned a lesson the hard way.  I will always be thankful it turned out
the way it did.
 
My sweet dogs are..... dogs.
I cannot expect them to never do doggie things.
 
Ardith
[Posted in FML issue 5165]