>Dogs and Ferrets - I'm concerned over the recent posts of how to handle dogs >going after ferrets. I'm also a little confused. When we walk the fuzzies >they are on a halter and leash.... The vast majority of dogs are not a problem, and I didn't mean to sound "anti-dog". But there's some bad ones out there; both pets and on occasion *humans* have been injured or killed; in urban areas the rates are increasing. Any adult who has decided to take responsibility for their own protection needs to know how to deal with a dog attack; ferret owners are overall even more likely to face the problem. I was once confronted with an entire feral pack of 11 mutts (no fert involved), and I've had to deal with dogs wanting to eat a fert twice now. You mention scooping the ferret up pronto when a strange dog is around - which is good advice, but it's possible that *won't* stop the dog. You think that's bad? In Calif the *Cougar* population is booming...one adult lady jogger was recently *eaten* I kid you not. In any animal attack situation take a lesson from your ferrets, people: stand your ground and fight, unless it's a bear! [Posted in FML issue 1745]