In my opinion, a horse is the animal to have. Eleven-hundred pounds of raw muscle, power, grace, and sweat between your legs - it's something you just can't get from a pet hamster.
People don't want their problems fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their Distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the BIG scary unknown
Randomly text your friends "I lost my phone, can you please call it?"... If they call it, it is important you keep them as close friends, they will be prove of great value when the zombies come.