Finally had to get into it as I had 3 dogs. We have Comet, the Golden Retriever, who I would not trust in a blink of an eye - he counts himself as a hunting dog. He's an inside dog and I left him in the house while they were caged. Then I installed a ferret tunnel where they could run through from the cage and back into their cage and i was gone to let my granddaughter off to school and right back, 5 minutes, he had torn the tunnel in a couple of places, bite marks in other spots and I found Easy Off in her little box house inside her cage, one leg she limped on for a week, no one was killed butttt. Sad, cause now he stays in the yard except at night to sleep in my granddaughters room, far away from the ferrets. Then there is the Great Dane, Drano. He has let them do EVERYTHING they think they need to do to him - except sniff his privates, and to protect that he just covers them with his giant head. They crawl up on him and slide down, nip at his feet, and circle him like the old Cowboy and Indian movies. I trust him completely. He too is an inside dog but at night he sleeps in my room and cannot go to where the ferrets sleep. And last, Brillo, the chawawa, as I call him. I don't think he would hurt them but he absolutely detests anything smaller than himself. AND I love it - his getting a doze of his own medicine. They nip at his legs exactly like he does the Great Dane and he is constantly hopping around to get away. He would prefer they didn't exist. He is the one who has to sleep in a cage at night. I don't think he would hurt them but his nerves get on edge sometimes. I am partial to the larger breeds mixing with the ferrets because they are more settled down, toleratant and not so high strung as the little guys. Too, the little guys want to join in and play with the ferrets but their way of play is to paw and jump at them and even a little dog can cause injury in the delicate ferrets. I would shy away from the huntingbreeds and little nervous breds. Maybe if I worked with Comet, - I've heard and seen pictures of them mixing with Goldens - but Comet is too keen on cats and boy the squirrels, we live in the woods and he is squirrel crazy, squirrels tease a lot. And my heart and tears are with those who have lost their little ones, to those I respond direct to them personally. Millie & her cleaning crew Easy Off: the most perfect ferret in the whole wide world Ammonia: Hey Grandma, ya wanta hear a dumb blond - I mean a dumb Silver Mitt joke? Cascade: The Observer. Isn't it in the manual how many kisses a humoid can give and still survive? Ajax: yet to come. Mama they must really want to help me out, look at the hints they emailed me on how to make Grandma happy. wow [Posted in FML issue 2409]