Beth- We recently adopted a six month old Yorkie and he LOVES to play with our ferrets. We also had another Yorkie when we first got ferrets, and she got along with them very well. Yorkies were bred to be "ratters" and doxies were bred to go after badgers, but my opinion is that if you introduce them young and stress that they "be nice," they will play well together. The only problem we have with our Yorkie, is that he is still a little too rough in his play, and "T-bones" the ferrets. With a young ferret, this would not be a problem, but we have two geriatric and two ill ferrets. So we have a weekly play date with my friend's two young ferrets, and we're planning to adopt two young ferrrets tonight. When he has young ones to play with, he ignores the older ones who want to be left alone. I would closely supervise play, like you are already doing with your other dog. And probably it would be a good idea to only have one dog at a time playing with the ferrets, until you know that everyone abides by the rules. The funny thing is that we have an 80 pound black lab mix who is afraid of the ferrets. She is convinced that they are rabid mutant squirrels. :-D She's used to small furry animals running *away* from her when she approaches, and the fact that they run *towards* her totally freaks her out. She is VERY old (about 16 years), and to give her peace, she is put into the bedroom with the door shut during weasel play time. Good luck with your new addition. Our Yorkie before this one LOVED our ferrets. They would play Tarzan (jump up and grab hold of the dog's beard and be flung through the air), and Dog racing (jumping up onto her back and holding on while the dog ran around the room). It was all in good fun, and both ferrets and dogs loved it. Melodyt and the fantastic four Soon to be the slinky six! -- Melody Tomaszewicz Holdings Record Maintenance Team Leader New Brunswick Libraries Distributed Technical Services Rutgers University Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (732) 445-3856 ext. 313 ,',', __ \ `'`,' \ ()o=; `'`','`/ .. \/ / ( / \ "/ \(_ \(_ "Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines." [Posted in FML 5427]