Hi, Thanks Elizabeth for your response to my query about our 2 ferret boys picking on Jess,my lurcher. Yes, I am aware that they play hard, but the problem is that they seem to really have it in for her and only her.The JRT, who used to hate them so much he started to eat the wooden hutch to get at them,gets bounced on and nipped,but also has his ears licked clean and his eyes snuffled round(while he stands stock still,trembling-fear?rage?)they seem to think he's an honourary ferret!But poor old Jess, who is as soft as butter, gets the "seek and destroy" treatment.The minute they catch sight of her they chase her and if they catch her, they really bite.That's why I wondered if they had an aversion to black or large dogs or something wierd. I'm doing to usual "don't bite" treatment of scruffing and nose flicks if they ignore that, but they just don't seem to care where Jess is concerned. Buzz seems to be worse than Woody,I wonder if he's the ringleader here? We'll persevere anyway,but I was just interested to see if anyone else had come across this type of behaviour,although it seems some folk have the problem in reverse!! Thanks for your interest,K. [Posted in FML issue 2067]