For the person who wrote about introducing your sheperd-rotty dogs to your ferrets.....I have a rotty who is sweet and very gentle, but did not accept my ferret. Once and only once did my rotty grab my ferret in his mouth...well I guess he squeezed to hard, because my ferret screamed, the dog dropped him, and then my ferret was in shock for 5 minutes (vomiting, trembling, and crying). My rotty did not understand what a ferret was. He thought it was a live play toy for himself. And we had them both from babies (8 weeks old). Thanks for listening...just an FYI [Posted in FML issue 1367]