Ok, I give up. Even though finances don't allow me to operate as a full blown shelter I will remain open as a shelter (nursing home/hospic) for handicapped, and elderly ferrets. I will also take in ferrets that are faced with being sent to the pound, and hold them until Northcoast Ferret Shelter, or Laurie Long can take them. My senior, Bonnie, who came from Northcoast Ferret Shelter, as a temporary foster, and turned in to permanently mine, took first place in the senior ring. (After she won, I realized to my own horror that she won the ring I sponsored. When I entered her, I forgot how old she is and thought she'd be in the regular Championships, not the ring I sponsored) Peppy, the ferret with the crushed skull, from Linda Iroff, placed seventh in the handicap ring, and tenth in the shelter ring. Not bad for a boy who walks like he is on a perpetual drunk. He doesn't weasel war dance, he break dances. Peppy did take first place in the bowling pin knock down. Pins were place in a circle, the ferret placed in the middle. Peppy knocked down 6 or 7 pins to the crowd's pleasure, they cheered, clapped and whistled. In other words, they scared the crap out of him, in a panic, he bounced, fell and tumbled knocking down a total of 35 pins. I felt bad because he was scared, but couldn't help but laugh. The show was great fun, and I adopted out three ferrets. Rosie and Ferra are a pair I adopted to a couple from Ky. that are on the FML. (How are my babies?) (I mean your babies) Hugs and kisses to all the fur angles. Jean Ferrets Unlimited, Nursing Home for Ferrets <g> [Posted in FML issue 2425]