Alejandro Vergara wrote: >My Mother has three Daschounds, one of them is going to have puppies soon, ><...> Would it be safe? Is there someone outhere withe daschounds and >ferrets that could tell me their experiences. Hi, (and no flames please, this is what worked for us) I have a female and a male ferret. The male about two years old and the female is older (rescue.) We got an eight week old Dachshund puppy about three months ago. The female ferret just runs off and explores the house. In the beginning, the male ferret, Persi, would keep biting the dog and trying to drag him away. The dog yelping the entire time. Persi is very aggressive. Well, we had to teach the dog not to be afraid of the ferret. So we'd hold the ferret and 'give' his tail to the dog. After a couple of weeks, the two of them have come to a compromise. The dog LOVES to play with the ferret (who just wants to explore) so the dog will grab Persi by the tail and drag him across the tile. The ferret will turn around and chase the dog and nip him on the tail. So they each have learned to respect each other. You can tell that the dachshund doesn't want to hurt the ferret, he just wants to play. And what's funny is......the dog does the same thing ferrets do...he drags 'his' toy away! SR [Posted in FML issue 2160]