Furret is an awesome Pokemon in-game wise. I used one during my first playthough in Gold and he/she wasn't regarded as a HM slave but part of my main team. I missed those days.
normals are great. very versatile. furret has other issues. mostly having mediocre stats. it always came through for me when i needed it too, though. i went through this very same thing when it came time to use something else.
in any case, theres no such thing as "just a normal type"
But you're a Normal type Furret! You'll just get raped by everything.
I just played through Pokemon Sun with a Snorlax welded to my first pokemon slot.
Amulet coin + Happy Hour = x4 money drops. (Yeah, sure, that doesn't help you win fights, but any win counts the same, and you only get one chance at most trainers to earn money, so...)
Hold Back for capturing anything but ghosts. (It was the special Munchlax from the promotion at the start of the game, so it starts with Hold Back.)
Body Slam killed more pokemon than all my other moves combined.
Lick for dealing with ghosts, originally, but when I needed a little more power late-game, I traded it in for High Horsepower, which devastates a fair range of pokemon.
Aw...Furret's super cute, I just want to cuddle it right now!Anyways, Furret will go into the PC Box!FURREEETT!?Don't do it, Kotone...Can't lose your cool here...!Now, I'm going to change a party member!Furret