can people who have both dogs & ferrets share their stories about integrating ferrets with dogs? and vice versa? I am currently working with a friends dog to be friendly towards my ferrets. the puppy is about 4 months right now, and pretty gentle in general although sometimes over excited. I think both the dog (a large breed) and the ferrets are a bit confused with what to do with each other. they both want to play with each other. the ferrets war dance around the dog, which excites her and she starts bouncing, which scares the ferrets because she's 25lbs (and growing!). then the dog is a bit wary because the ferrets will nip her paws when she's lying down. the most fun I've seen though is toy stashing. the ferrets have some pokemon stuff toys that can fit in their tunnels, but only if they drag it in backwards. so the dog is chewing on one of these toys, and drops it when a ferret comes along. ferret promptly grabs it and runs off, with the puppy following. she puts it down by the tunnel, goes in and turns around to drag it in, only to find the toy missing. dog is chewing on it 5 feet away. this happens a few times and is hilarious to watch. more recently, the ferret has taken to trying to steal the toy right out of the dogs mouth, and they are pretty much playing tug of war. the puppy often shove the toy at the ferret when the ferret gives up. someday, I hope to be able to take a picture like this http://tanja-askani.de/daten/foto_marder3.jpg one can dream, right? Selina, Mochi, Jolt, & Cola p.s. also very touched by some of the recent stories about ferrets picking their humans.. I greatly admire the ability to be able to sit in a room with a whole bunch of ferrets and not take them all home! I am not sure I will be able to interact with more than 1 ferret and just take 1 home... keep the stories coming! [Posted in FML 6683]