Walking the Ferret

Bear enjoying the grass

I have been leash training Bear. He's the best candidate to leash train of our three little weasels for two reasons. 1. his personality is good for it because he really likes being held and he's super adventurous. Very little scares him. 2. He's big enough that he can't slip out of the harness. 

A large portion of our walking time involves Bear riding in my arms, on my shoulder or in my jacket. For this activity, the leash functions like a rock climber's hardness. When Bear clumsily tumbles off my shoulder or out of my arms, he ends up dangling from the leash and swinging like a pendulum instead of hitting the sidewalk. 

The more walks we take the better he is at it. When I'm carrying him he hangs out instead of trying to dig a tunnel through my shirt (which I don't appreciate) and when we're walking, he walks more and more in the direction that I want to walk instead of struggling to go the other way.
Who knew? The best purse dog is a ferret.

So many smells to smell

The trouble with taking a ferret for a walk is that it's really hard to take a picture of him. In the photo. He's digging.