wHAT is the best pet u ever had? and what was his or her name?

I had a number of pets that meet 'best ever', a lot of unusual pets in that list.

The one pet I had the closest bond with was a rescued baby mouse I named Yogi. Actually my first fur pet.

Unbelievably smart, I wonder if he even knew he was a mouse. Except for school and Yogi sleeping, we were inseparable, he went everywhere with me, shopping, paper route, bike rides. Usually in my shirt pocket. Sadly, Yogi died of old age and the very day JFK was assassinated. Yea, I still remember him well.

A real funny one was 'Needles' my pet porcupine. More like a silly puppy.

Fireball, YOU ARE THE WRONG ONE. Your religion is full of lies and myths.

I had this grossly overweight pig named Fireball.

She was a real squealer.

A rescue cat that came with the name Tinkerbell. She was very social.

I couldn't chose as best out of all the pets I've had over the years.  They all had their own special and individual personality and they all have a special place in my heart.

A stinking basset hound that was named Jesus Christ, he wasn’t very bright.

Best pet I ever had to myself was a rat named Pogo. She was the funniest, silliest thing in the world and she even knew how to steal money, LOL. She was a great little rat. I could leave her out of her cage and she knew to potty in there and when I said "GO HOME!" she would. I didn't ever have to lock her cage and would frequently wake up to her on my pillow. 

Kara.  She is a lab mix rescue that we got about 8 years ago.  Right after we got, my daughter began have issues with seizures.  Some how Kara was able to sense when a seizure was coming and originally would circle my daughter, then learn to lay on her feet blocking her from moving instead.  That usually gave her a minute of two warning so that she could get herself seated or otherwise in a safe position before the seizure hit. She will fine one second, and the next on the ground totally out of it.  With Kara, she has some kind of a warning.  Kara had no training.  She just some how knew how to do this all on her own.

One of her falls from a seize ended up injuring her spinal cord and leaving her in a wheel chair.  At the point Kara became invaluable for doing "everything" for her.  She is her lifeline to a normal life.

We just recently acquired a new puppy (three months old) and are beginning the process to train her to take over Kara's duty.  At 9 years old, she is starting to slow down and show signs of her age.  (But if you harness her she can still pull a wheelchair up any kind of a hill or ramp.)  We are not looking forward to the day when Kara is no longer part of our lives.

A black lab I adopted from the shelter who I named Bear. He was already an adult when I got him. He was good with my son. Really gentle.

My son would badger him all day and he would never growl or bite. Whenever Bear had enough he'd come sit by me.

Unfortunately Bear was a runner. One time I let him loose while I was camping and he took off. He was gone for a few hours. He casually walked back into camp like nothing happened. That was the last time I went camping that year. He died that next winter so I never got to let him roam free again. That's the one thing I wish I did more with him. Just let him loose so he could do whatever it was he was doing in those mountains.