I found an adult beagle last summer. We don't let her around our ferret much, but sometimes they see eachother as we go through a door. I don't trust the beagle with the ferret. She looks at him strangely and once made a weak attempt to bite at him. And this beagle is old and not terribly active--we call her the beagle hen b/c all she wants to do is sit on her bed like she's hatching an egg. For all I know our beagle has a hunting history--like I said we found her late in life. But if this old lady has the energy to bite at our ferret I think it must be in the blood somewhere. I would recommend getting a different breed of dog. I can't imagine the horror of having one pet kill/hurt another. [Posted in FML issue 4101]