My current companion is MoonPi, an 8 pound panther trapped in a shiny black cat body.
Before her, ferrets, Delta Boo and Princess Pookie-furr (of the NY Pookie-furrs) LOL
My last two beloved dogs were Maximillian Frambois Von Scrimshaw, a loving mantled (tuxedo) Dane, like a son to me.
and Tarbaby the Wonder Dog, a lab who chose me. When I went to look at the pups, he kept climbing up on my lap and refused to let me consider others. Every time I'd put him down, he'd climb back up, until I accepted that he was right!