I talk to the cats all the time. Literally whenever they are in the house. Not in a cute animal voice (though I do that too to the cute one) but as in actual discussions as if they were people. Dog just get called an idiot most of the time.
I chat nonsense to the horse too but also mostly along the lines of she's an idiot and move your butt out of the way.
I realised a few days ago that I do this when I'm riding too because someone was in the school with me and I realised I was keeping up a constant running commentary along the lines of "inside leg, outside rein, bend you stupid animal that was not a circle, right let's do it again, leg, leg, leg half halt, half halt again, that was a half halt, not slow down. That's the girl, lovely girl, good lass. Leg, leg, bollocks change diagonal, stop going faster you ejit, bigger strides not faster ones, steadddyyyyyyy, yes that's it, see you can do it when you put your mind to it, kept it up, keep the trot, no we are not cantering, no not even a bit, it's a leaf, a fucking leaf. It's not going to eat you. Ok it's a squirrel, there are hundreds of fucking squirrels, you see them every day so you are going in that corner, yes you are you bloody animal. Fine tank of if you like you big wuss like but we are doing it again until you do it sensibly. See, see good lass, good lass. Good girl, no this does not mean we are trying to break the speed record steadddyyyyyy good girl, clever pony....I do not shut up. I thought I did it in my head. I don't.