Well the couch issue is turning out pretty well. My funny pup has decided it futile to jump on my couch because he gets put right back on the floor, or worse, in his kennel. He does do it when he is extremely excited however. Here is my current issue, and I would be deeply resolved if I could solve just one of these.

He chews his butt, well, not his butt but the hair on the back of his legs that resembles butt-cheeks. He seems to be starting to become obsessed with it. He is not allergic (he was checked) he does not have fleas, I believe the hair is bothering him. It is rather long, actually it is the longest hair he has anywhere. I get annoyed to come home and see a little cow-lick popping out his backside! He is nearing 5 months and has alot of hair, and just recently things have started to get stuck in it if you know what I mean. (ie: poop). Could I trim it back an inch or so? He is normally very loyal and such, obeying most every command but when he starts chewing he is blind to anything around him, it makes me crazy. Anyone gone through this yet?

Now a while ago he was chewing from allergies (he cannot have chicken!) and he was starting to get a tiny sore but I put a stop to that with an allergen test and a change of his diet, and all was well in the land of Cheez-it. This is a new chewing, he is chewing the hair not his skin.

Okay, anticipated-resolve hopefull number two. I have a ferret, a really nice ferret actually, he never bites (me or Cheez) and is generally very chill and calm (unlike most ferrets). I let him out (in a playpen usually) and they will lick eachother through the prison walls (and they lick eachother through his cage), but the second he is free Cheez-it starts getting jumpy trying to pin him with his paws. So now the calm ferret turns scared (Immediate bottle-brush tail) and runs for it and of course the dog chases. I do not want anyone hurt so I make sure nothing happens and if Cheez-it starts being a butthead he leaves the room and/or gets sprayed with water. I did the whole introduction process, but Cheez-it is just a butthead. He doesnt even play around he just tries to pin him down and hold him there, no biting or anything, just being a jerk. Is there a better way?