Another ferret and dog story. As you might know the place where I work is very animal friendly. Aside from my four ferrets who come in with me to work every day (the real office weasels), we also have a couple of dogs and now a kitten.
A few months ago one of graphic artists brought in her new sheltie puppy. she was a very curious animal. Anyhow the oldest of the ferrets, Ryoga, has insulinoma, which means I have to feed him every four hours or so. I had just finished feeding Ryoga, when the puppy came by. Ryoga and Angel (her name) sniffed at each other then she ran off. All this time Ryoga's tail got bushier and bushier. When Angel took off Ryoga chased after her. She ran to her bed in Leah's office and Ryoga followed. They sniffed each other again. Angel took off and ran to Ryoga's cage. In full bottle brush mode Ryoga romped after. Sniff and chase again, this went back and forth a couple of times. Then Ryoga discovered a dog toy that was particularly attractive. So he grabbed it and ran off towards his cage again. He stopped about half way and put the toy underneath one of our white boards. BTW he's a devout follower of the ferret version of feng shui, called ferret shui - everything has its own unique place and certain things Ryoga must place in theirs. Anyhow he goes back to chasing Angel. On the way back Angel discovers the dog toy, picks it up and carries it back to her bed. Ryoga followed shortly thereafter. Sniff and Angel runs back to Ryoga's cage. Then Ryoga discovers that the toy had been moved. Horrors! He picks it up and then carries it back to where it belongs (in his eyes that is). He then continues on. Sniff and Angel runs back to her bed. On the way she discovers the toy and as you guessed picks it up and carries it back to her bed. A moment later Ryoga arrives and Angel takes off again. He sees the toy and just has to put it back where it belongs. this goes on for 4 or 5 times. I'm laughing quite hard and have to tell Leah the story. Angel by this time wises up and sits on the toy to hide it. Here comes Ryoga. The toy is gone and he has to find it. Leah, the puppy and I are watching Ryoga. He gets a hint, and sees it underneath Angel. He leaps and all I can see is a brown streak. Angel, the puppy, gives a high pitched yelp and runs to Leah. Ryoga goosed her to get to the toy. She's hiding behind Leah. Ryoga picks up the toy, and with head held high trots off to place it in its rightful location. Another job well done. Ever since then as soon as Angel sees him she runs and hides. larry > > I still find it hysterical. Two huge dogs, capable of catching him in a >> split second, tearing him up to bits, and they just don't want anything >> to do with him. Well, occassionally Woody and Snoopy touch noses, but >> that's as affectionate as they get. > > >My parents 80 pounds GSD mix was absolutely terrified of my 4 pound ferret. >She knew it and totally took advantage of it. If we let the ferrets out of >the cage to run around the room the dog would hide behind any human >available. The ferret, being wise, pretended not to notice him and would >become incredibly involved in either playing or sniffing with her back to >him, right in front of his face. Eventually, he would believe that she was >so busy that she wouldnt' notice if he took a a quick butt-sniff. He would >creep out from behind his hiding place, and carefully and cautiously bring >his nose nearer to her butt. She would pretend not to notice. He would >become more confident and bring his nose slightly closer. She would spring >around, arms outstretched, and grab onto his snout with both eevil, little >paws. He would turn tail and run, if she was well attached, she remained >hanging from his snout. If not, she would grab his tail as it went by and >hang from that. He would run around the room attempting to shake her loose, >and eventually she would hop off and do the happy-ferret victory dance - a >special, hunchbacked dance done with an open mouth and an upturned head, >while chortling. Of course, then she would position herself near the dog, >and begin looking very disinterested again. He would eventually fall for >the same guise, oh at least twice a day. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
