Hi, I am responding to the post about Chows and ferrets. I have a chow/shepherd mix. She is a sweet loving dog too but she is 65 lbs of dog. When she has been allowed near the ferrets, which is rare, it is one ferret at a time and I am standing guard. I don't think she wants to hurt the ferret but she really, really wants to play and it would only take one paw to do in the ferret, or a nose for that matter because she tends to want to nose them too and she has a strong head and neck so the nose can be bad as well. I keep the ferrets gated to the upstairs of my home and the dog is downstairs. I do not let them coexist. This dog has killed 2 oppossums in the back yard which is her domain. I don't want any of my ferrets to be her next play thing. So, for me, gating them away from each other is the only solution. Of note, I had a Sheltie previously and he got along with the ferrets ok, he basically didn't pay any attention to them and he certainly never tried to play with or hurt them. Ann [Posted in FML issue 4594]