I had a cat who thought he was a parrot - does that count? I rescued a very young kitten with his 2 brothers and sister, but he was the smallest and really attached to me. He would climb up my jeans to my shoulder and just perch there watching everything around, even if I was sitting or walking. Whenever someone came up and started talking, he would reply to them! It was really funny.

Have always treated my dogs as equals. Even my bank gives out dog biscuitsif they ride with you at the drive thru. My ex and I always brought our German Shepherd Aussie into Home Depot with us which was quite often. When the ice cream truck came by Aussie always got her own Hoodsie cup. She also went to work with him every day.

I respect all animals to the extent they respect me. I treat my dogs like they're my children.

I care more about my dogs than anybody including me

I treat all my pets as equals...advice about stealing their food, for example, to see how they react...what a load o crap. Try stealing My food, see what it gets ys!

I have set up my dog on a bench at dinner table for Thanksgiving dinner. I let my dog sleep with me. They are clean and don't smell because I feed them people food, meat and fat. My dogs are on a ketogenic diet. They hardly ever need to see a vet so the money I spend on food is a good investment. Dogs offer unconditional love. We have so much to learn from them.

My dogs don't think, they know they are humans. They are my babies

I think our two dogs see us as equals as long as we keep the cookies coming.

If you have written or plan to write a book I would like to get a copy. That is a beautiful story of a rare moment. The world needs much more of that. You paint it so well, I can invision it as if I saw it with my own eyes.

Great story, I am curious why you didn't tie him up somewhere?...and If you knew you didn't, why were you surprised that the horse was 'technically loose'. But the part that gets me the most about your story is that a stranger would buy a horse ice cream and then let a little girl ride off on it. I thought all dairy products were bad for horses, especially chocolate ice cream, the toxic chemical found in chocolate called theobromine has been known to be fatal to them. Sugar is bad for them and grown horses are lactose intolerant, causing diarrhea and in extreme cases seizures.

Dear Bird,

You are a very talented writer. The first line always has to grab your attention and you succeeded. You should make use of that skill. Keep writing.

That would be my dog Wrex

Wow. Love that. Got any photos of Lightning?

Studying for my A-levels, I'd go to the woods with my collie and slip him off the leash. While I read my books alone and sunned myself for a few hours, he'd go fossicking in the forest. He'd check in on me every once in a while and when I was done I'd call him, pull out the burrs and we'd go home together, back to 'domestication'. It was probably his only, and my first, taste of real freedom.