The majority of my pet care experience is with my own fur babies as well as my grandma’s fur babies. My very first pet was a dwarf rabbit who I had from July 2012 to January 2021. The first dog I took care of was a pit bull rescue dog named Buddy who my family had briefly in 2014. He was rescued by my mom’s friend, but they couldn’t keep him due to the fact that he was aggressive towards other animals and she had 2 cats in the home. During that time, I was responsible for feeding and letting him outside in the backyard for regular bathroom use. I would also take him on walks sometimes with assistance from my mother due to being 11 years old at the time. Unfortunately, due to health issues, he had to be put down. Later in the year, my family brought in a 9 month old foster dog named Jack Sparrow from the local animal shelter. While training the dog to do basic commands was not required, I had chosen to take on this challenge due to the fact that I knew I wanted to work with animals eventually. I was also responsible for taking care of this dog as well. After he was adopted, my family adopted one of our current dogs Carmen in 2015. She was a year old when we adopted her and was full of energy and loved playing in the yard and going on walks. She was also very selective about the dogs that she would get along with. Sometimes she would be friendly, while other times she’d be aggressive towards other dogs. With careful training, this behavior was able to be trained out of her. I was also responsible for Carmen and allowed to take her on walks with less assistance. During this time, my grandmother also had two cats with a significant age gap. In 2016 she had a heart attack and had to stay at the hospital until she recovered. Since she didn’t have anyone to take care of the cats on short notice, she let me do it, with my mom driving me since I was still 12 at this point. From this point forward, I became the first person she’d ask when she eventually broke her shoulder and had 2 different eye surgeries. Eventually, our other dog Rocket came into the picture. He was adopted at 3 months old in 2023. I was mainly responsible for training and taking care of him whenever I was home for college. At this point, I mainly also volunteer at the local animal shelter since I’m unable to be with my pets the majority of the year.