Hi, I have been lurking for awhile. We recently got three babies, had planned on two, but couldn't leave one alone in the pet shop. Since we cannot legally have ferrets, we have decided they are long dogs. We also have three Yorkies -just realized what's with threes? If you have known a yorkie-you know how possessive they are. Well, the one that has decided he owns me, Willie, (he bites my husband if he gets to close) has adopted the long dogs. Whitey long dog has gotten out of the world we created for them, three times our littlest dog has warned us when she saw the escape. Yesterday, we went to the cage and Whitey was gone again. We have them in a separate room from the rest of the house with a lot of stuff. We were even going outside to look and still could not find him and Debbie didn't seem to know where he was. Willie came in-we were frantic by this time- he looked at me with tilted head like are you nuts. I happened to think that Willie doesn't like not being able to see all of his babies. I asked him in frustration "where are the babies?". He took off under a work table to a huge bag of upholstery foam and kept digging at it and looking at me like help me you idiot. In the very center of the bag was Whitey who greeted me with a huge yawn, and attitude of "whass up, why are you waking me ?". He also got out of a smaller cage when we were building the triple decker. To our surprise, he had climbed into the new cage to sleep. These guys have been such a boost to our family and next door neighbor girl-she can't decide which one she likes best. Their constant antics and eagerness to be held and loved has brightened my life so many times when I have been depressed, I can't believe that they are illegal. Hope this will be changed in time. Thanks, for listening. later, Myrna Owned by: Lady Girl, Dippy Debbie, Weird Willie the weasel finder=Yorkies and Tiny, Brown Nose, Whitey=long dogs [Posted in FML issue 3581]