Sean and I are husband and wife with a toddler little girl and 2 shih tzu fur babies. We have a house with a large backyard for our babies to play around in. Together we both have had dogs for 35+ years and we treat them like we would our own kids. We have also taken care of our friends dog while they were out of town. My husband works from home and I work close to home. My husband has his office where the dogs can go in and out of the doggie door to go outside freely to use the bathroom or hang out to watch the neighbors cats walk on the wall like ours do. We do have a shaded area in the back yard as well. We have cameras all around our house so if we had to go to the store to get food or run a quick errand we can watch them on our phones. We also have an A/C wall unit in the house for the dogs to stay in a nice cool area during the warmer weather. We also have a pool in the backyard and we do have a child gate to block off the dogs to getting into that area of the yard. Our dogs are very friendly and have been around others dogs. Wicket loves to play with everything and anything whereas Nippett is very chill who loves to watch cats walk on the wall.