Ophelia wrote:
>
> As you know mine are rescue dogs. My current one in
> particular was neatly starved to death so she loves 'the cook' ))

And doesn't just knowing that history make you sad?
We can rescue but we can't erase their past.

And so nice of you (and others here) to rescue animals.
Of all my ferrets (2 babies and 2 rescues), Fred the male
ferret had the bad life with original owners.

Kept in the smallest cage that one could buy and also
ignored for most of his first 1.5 years. He just existed
in a tiny cage with very little human contact. And this
is when they are most energetic ready to play at all
times. So sad to do that to an animal.

<Note: KILL his original owner> >;o

First my daughter adopted him and he immediately had a
ferret companion, plus a large deluxe cage ($450) and
also most of the days and nights out of cage.

Then I took over and same conditions for the rest of
his life. Such a very loving ferret and to this day
I still almost get tears in my eyes just imagining
what a nightmare life when young Fred lived all alone.

Nicknamed: Ted E. Bear
http://i44.tinypic.com/11iz3eu.jpg

I still have a pic of him on my dashboard.
It's the right hand picture above.