I am quite certain that there have been messages posted on this topic any number of times, but I've always just kind of skipped over them because they didn't apply to my situation. But now it does! In about six weeks I am (not certain yet, but probably) going to be getting a new puppy. The puppy is a Rottweiler/Irish Wolfhound cross, and therefore certain to be enormous. What can I do to insure that the puppy learns early on who are the real bosses in the house (the ferrets, of course), so that he knows not to hurt them? I completely trust my old Ogre-dog around them; he weighs 100 pounds himself, but he runs from them when they're in "Tag" mode (although if Pandora keeps biting his butt, he may someday not be quite so forgiving). Any advice for successful puppy/ferret integration? Vickie, Moogie, Pandora, Diva (also known as Baby Dee-Dee), Tanker the Dirty White Boy, and Flower-Power [Posted in FML issue 2621]