TY for the link, I'll look into it

Yep, I wouldn't want to mess with their internal time. I'll still look into a rat though.

Oh, cool! I can maybe look into a lab then. I have some experience with dogs, although the dogs I owned were Pitbulls and Huskies (neither of which would be a good idea with children).

I can look into that, but if I wanted to look into a service animal I'm not sure I'd be able to adopt it- are pounds ever readily stocked with well trained dogs?

Maybe a kitten then, are they hard to house train? Also... would it try to hunt my nephew's fish?

I'll make sure I teach the kids not to bother whatever pet we get too much.

Thanks for the answers I've always been more of a dog person then a cat person, so I don't know much about cats.