Spending five minutes talking to your pet daily will improve any relationship, if it is soft talking and eye contact is involved. You would be amazed how long five minutes actually is. You will have to time it at first. It will make your pet much happier. Many times when we spend time with our pets, what seems like minutes are actually only seconds.
I believe in talking to our babies all day long but really, really like your idea of talking a full five minutes at least one time a day even though Rachel the Cat would probably get bored and walk away for a nap. ;-) Thumbs up!