My favorite is my 1 year old Goldendoodle named Brewster. He is a miniature and weighs about 40 lbs. and thinks he is a lap dog!!
But then there are my two parrots; one an Africian Grey and one a Senegal parrot. Oliver the Grey has a vocabulary of over 1000 (yes 1000) words and says things appropriate to the situation. Once I was softly discussing with DH that is was Wednesday and the Sunday paper was still next to his chair! When I got done Oliver said (in DH's voice) "Aw, shut-up!" Of course we both lost it and I picked up the paper for the recycling pile!!! Oliver answers the phone when it rings and will say "telephone" to anyone who will listen. When I am on the phone conducting business he is in the background saying "Hi, this is..... blah, blah, blah. Ok goodbye and thankyou." Both birds are in my sewing room, so keep me company and talk to me. Brewster does not phase them at all - in fact he gets in their cages to eat their food and they get down and peck him on the head and he never even looks up. We do have a gate to the room, so he only gets in there when supervised.
I have had plenty of other pets over the years, cats, rabbits, newts, hamsters etc. That's what you do when you have kids!