I have, Jake..six year old German shepard/border collie/golden retriever mix...and he's neurotic. He mopes when I'm gone.
Seattle..aged Chow...she was a rescue two years ago..she adopted me.
Minx...six month old kitten who is a terrorist! She gets into the bathroom and steals the stopper out of the sink, the stopper for the tub, then hides them pretty good. Usually takes me a good day to find her stash of treasures.
Freak...two year old male cat...pretty calm. He has eight toes on one foot, seven on the others.
Soots...eight year old gray cat who was a drop off for me to find a home for her eight years ago. I love to tell her that I'm still looking, lol. She anti-social, doesn't like strangers.
Weezle..my last and only ferret. He's two and a biter. I'm used to him...he and I are buds...he was a give away pet also.
Ozzie and Woo..my two little finches. Oz is about six years old, Woo is about four years. They seem to provide entertainment for the cats..however...they are hanging from a hook in the ceiling so that is all they provide for the cats!
I've never really picked a critter, either they have been dumped off on me, or picked me. Jake was about as close as I came to actually picking...and even then, didn't want a big dog, but he was about four weeks old, and pitiful. I couldn't leave him where he was..so passed over $30 and brought him home. I've found out that was the best money I've ever spent!
I just obsess about my animals...they are not used to me being away anymore...Jake I think has forgotten that I used to work all week and only be home on the weekends. Used to drive my daughter nuts as he would mope and not eat.
I have a soft heart for critters...I used to have horses until my health went bad and I couldn't keep them anylonger..it broke my heart to get rid of them.