User blog comment:BannedLagiacrus/Discussion of the Week: Pets/@comment-26034899-20170630204152

1. Halks. They look pretty cool, and I love how you can customize them to have different attributes suited for your hunting needs. If they ever appear in the main games, I will be a happy hunter.

2. Gu-Ku never really stood out to me, so while I don't necessarily hate them, I'm not too big on them either. I do like the implications of them secretly being hunters, though; it would be hilarious to see this cutesy duck destroy a bunch of ferocious monsters.

3. Well, Stories already made various monsters into battle steeds, so that idea's out the window, but for a given value of "pet", I'd like to see a canine version of the Felynes.

4. Sure. Hey, there's no point in letting that sweet meat going to waste should they die from unfortunate circumstances.

5. There's many monsters I'd keep as pets for various mundane reasons. For example, Mizutsune's soapy bubbles would be good at cleaning houses, Astalos is an all-natural bugzapper, and Atoraru Ka would provide some neat puppet shows.

6. Deviljho, because I'm sure its owner wouldn't be immune to its voracious appetite, and Congalala, because of the smell.

7. Poogies have been around since the first game, so I don't think they're going away anytime soon.

8. I see them more as comrades rather than pets as they're sentient and intelligent.

9. Many domesticated animals tend not to do very well in the wild, so I'm not so sure about that.

10. Yes.