Wait ... are you telling me that the dog & lion were not anthropomorphic characters, but were an actual English-speaking dog & lion?! And you trained them verbally?!
You're blowing my mind!!!
As for squirrels, I knew most squirrels can speak English, as well as French, German, and Vietnamese. But out of curiosity, was the squirrel[s] last name McShitty or McShitteé? How about McNatty, McRawnsuch, or a Tubby McTubbersonishtoningfeldstein?