How to you teach a ferret not to steal all the toys from a 90 year old advanced Alzheimer's person who is permanently confined to bed? The Villain in this case is Cappy (alias Happy Cappy). He sneaks up on her bed and takes the doll first, then comes back for the large red frog. Later, her will even steal the large pink pillow that hold the bottle of milk. With the weight of a milk filled bottle and the large pillow, it is 10x his size and 6x his weight. But that is no problem for Cappy. The bigger the better. He is a professional toy-hauler. There has been tough-of-war games over these objects with the elderly person yelling and Cappy hissing. Then there is the stare-down between the two. Whoever loses the battle becomes quite upset. My job as a caregiver has turned into the job of a referee. If you can imagine sitting down with a cup of coffee and seeing a full size pink pillow moving through the room and down the hall by itself. (Cappy is hidden under the pillow) One could think we have ghosts here. Now every time this person sees a ferret (even the nice ones that don't steal}, she will grab all her toys and hold them tightly and start screaming, "Mine, Mine, Mine." If Cappy see and hears that, then the game is on. He runs and jumps on the bed and grabs a leg of a toy, starts hissing and a battle pursues. How do I bring peace back to the house? Deva [Posted in FML 6697]