Originally Posted by
Andit
How about birds? When I was 4, I got my first pet, a budgie, as a birthday present (my Mom wouldn't let me have a dog). He would come when called, was mostly housebroken (had a few accidents), loved to be petted and would sit patiently in my doll stroller while I wheeled him from one room to the next all over, sometimes for hours at a time.
When he died, his successor (also a budgie) used to "help" me with my homework by stealing my pen and shredding the paper I was writing on if I didn't pay enough attention to him.