Since I can remember I have always had a love for animals. Not just dogs but all animals in general. I find them fascinating, smart, funny- they bring people and my self so much joy and happiness. A little background on my 15 + years of experience handling dogs. I adopted my first pup almost over 14 years ago from Northshore animal League. Prior to that my mom and I had a mini Doberman pincher named Tito who passed away but lived up to 17 years ( our dogs live beautiful long lives) While Tito was still around and a bit older that’s when I adopted Pebbles, a terrier mix. Pebbles was truly my first dog and she has shown me so much throughout the years on how to be an excellent dog mom. She has shown me how to love, have patience, have fun and take of an animal who will always need your attention and love. What we fail to sometimes realize is how much we really need them. Pebbles has shown me patience’s and responsibility at such a young age and till this day, I continue to learn something new especially with her now getting older . Pebbles as mentioned is 14 years of age and doesn’t look a year older than 6 (haha). I then adopted a second dog 4 years ago from an organization that rescued dogs from Korea and gave a loving home to a 4 month old English bulldog. My second pups name is Sugar and she is a beautiful stubborn, high maintenance pup. I have had many dogs cross my path wether it’s a friends dog or my family who as well has had several dogs but Sugat sure has shown me what’s it is like to really take care of a dog. Bulldogs, are a beautiful breed but very high maintenance and I made sure before rescuing her to do my research so I would be prepared as I did not know how sugar would be or what she might possibly need coming from another country and also with not much background information on her. But when the time came I was fully prepared to take on any challenges I might have encounter. Thankfully, she has been healthy since day 1. She pretty much only suffers from seasonal allergies ( and that’s with both my pups) A day with sugar consist of cleaning her, ears, folds, behind and nail trimmings. The nail trimming are sure something else. It’s usually wrestle mania in the house but I get the job done. I pretty much keep my local veterinarian in business because of Sugar ( JK)- . To make a long story short about them, they are the best thing to have ever come into my life. They bring me joy and happiness during such difficult times like now. I have to admit I find my self spending time around animals a lot. If it’s not time with my friends dogs and also my mom who has a lab mix, grandfather who has Yorkie, aunt who had two Maltese pups and cavalier King Charles and now recently adopted a terrier mix, best friend who has a Pomskie and my other best friend who has a schnauzer- that I am consistently surrounded by dogs more then anything ( which is never s bad thing) and again I am always learning more and more about the needs of each dog and the best part the different breeds ! Benefits of patience: I have shown both my oldest pup and my most recent adopted pup to sit, lay down , give paw, stay, roll over, play dead by saying “ bang, bang”. As for my oldest pup Pebbles due to her age she has become hard of hearing and because of this we now work with commands using hand signals. She understands certain command by just simply using my hand. Animals are amazing and the amount of love and joy they bring to people always Amazes me. That’s why I would love to give back to my community and the communities near me with anyone who might need any form assistance, even if it’s in the evening or during weekend.