Throughout my life I’ve always considered myself a dog-person, before I had my own I was reading the encyclopedia of Dog before bed. Relatives gave me my first experiences with dogs and I learned the respect that is needed to maintain a healthy relationship with dogs of all sizes. Once I came to college I knew I wanted to start building a great relationship with a dog of my own so I went up to the Norman animal shelter and found my boy Martin. We had a good 4 years together as he was primarily the only dog, but we wanted to find some new friends and see if we can provide a good service for some good families. I have now been doing Rover for almost a year now and the bonds that Martin and I have been able to make are amazing. Having some consistent buddies that come over and spend the day, weekend, or week is always a fun time. Martin loves to meet new pups but asserts himself with lots of sniffs and posturing. Martin is a little bit vocal corrective, but he means well and always eventually tolerates the playful love that some puppies offer. Through the friends that we’ve already made I’ve been able to gather more knowledge on how to handle personalities that may not match up initially. Martin does too good of a job sometimes trying to calm the craziness, but listens when I know the play is safe.