I grew up with a beagle cross and my daughter currently has the neatest hound mix. Ella is funny and has that great "roo, roo, roo" thing going when she's disgusted with one of the other dogs. Especially when one of them has a bone she wants. I've had bassets in class when I used to teach and we had several that would come into PetsMart and they were just neato doggies. I would say horses are my number one favorite animals, but dogs and then cats follow closely after. I just love furry pets.