Yeah, domesticated rats are great pets. My family has had rats off and on since I was a kid. They're really smart, and very trainable.
There was a show on Animal Planet a few years ago following a group of people training to be zookeeper and the first animals they worked with were rats, and they trained them to do all sorts of fun stuff.
I hadn't been posting about them much, but I have been seeing the horses on my bike rides a lot the last week, and there were a couple new horses out with the regulars the last couple days. One was tan with a part black part white mane, and I absolutely love multicolor manes, and the other really light tan almost white. The light one was super friendly, as soon I got near the fence yesterday they shoved their very muddy nose into my chest. I'd also gotten hugs from one of the others on Friday, so by the time I made it home yesterday, I had mud all over the front of my shirt, I was gonna take a picture of it, and post it buy my mom washed before I got a chance.