I am about to introduce a six week old puppy into my house. Max and Psycho, the resident 3-1/2 year old ferrets, will not be too impressed with their new brother. Are they doomed to dwell in their cage the rest of their days or can I teach these different creatures to cohabit ? Will they be a danger to the little Shiba-Inu pup the first couple of months? At present the ferrets get to terrorize my house 3-4 times a week, running loose overnight. The dog will eventually spend his time between the back room and the back yard via a doggy door but for the first months he will have to be in the house. If anyone has been through a similar situation I would appreciate some advice. Incidently I recently remodeled my bathroom and exposed the treasures of three years of the ferrets hard work. They were able to weasel their way under the bathtub through a generous hole for the plumbing. I discovered 14 pairs of pantyhose (many unopened) stolen directly from my girlfriends dresser, several pairs of my underwear, various gloves and rags, fiberglass from the walls, string, hundreds of mouthfuls of rice and barley, and a host of other bedding materials. Perhaps the best find was a bunch of small balls of questionable origin. These turned out to be mummified potatos shrunken down to about an inch each. they probably took ten lbs. of taters in their fallout shelter with them. How disapointed the kids were when they were released and ran directly under the sink to find a superior drywall job and a new ferret-proof bathtub. [Posted in FML issue 1780]