Ryoga may not be in the best of health, but he sure still is in the ferret spirit, isn't he?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:21 PM Subject: Re: Speaking of Dogs... > 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 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. 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