I took the majority opinion, and bought a wolf. I think it is great that you can sit in a harmony circle and recover while the wolf is still fighting...he doesn't get attacked. I was also wondering at what level does he no longer look like a pup?...Jack_Jack is only 19 now.
I think its so embarresing that as a pure int, u die by disconnect (which keeps u in game a while till next ping). Come back to town and see ur loevely wolf with 98% of its health left :/