Hello, To Diane with the puppy/ferret situation. THERE IS HOPE. We have two dogs and two ferrets who get along wonderfully. One dog is a shephard/doberman mix. She would much rather play with the ferrets than with any other dog. The ferrets love to play with her too. We had to take some time at first to train Yasha (dog) how to play with the ferrets. Now it is wonderful. They all play together, then when the dog gets tired, she lays down, and the ferrets will cuddle up and sleep on or beside her. It has also taught our ferrets how to handle other dogs too (places to hide from dogs when you're tired of playing with them, how biting the nose is a really effective deterent if a dog is playing too rough, etc). If you'd like some specifics of what we did, send me e-mail, but a well trained dog will solve that problem and bring much entertainment for you and your fuzzy. Sedeca [Posted in FML issue 1404]