Dogs, basset hounds specifically. I love all animals, though, and in my lifetime I've tried to make pets of everything from anole lizards to a beautiful wild cockatoo in Northern Australia. (By the way, lizards HATE playing hospital with 9-year-olds, especially the part about the bandages. ) Bassets, of which we have two, have great personalities and aren't the most energetic of the species, which is great. We have an 11-year-old grumpy neutered male and a 6-month-old bouncy recently-neutered female. And, yes, the bouncy puppy is the reason the Old Guy is grumpy these days. I thought he'd enjoy the company! But that ol' basset stubbornness is coming up. He won't let her sleep with him and she's determined to cuddle. It's kind of fun and exhausting to watch the game of musical beds every night.
Nina