I have no pets of my own currently but have been around dogs almost my entire life as my mother has always had dogs. I am a stay at home mom so I have a ton of time to take the dogs on walks or to the dog parks in the area. I can assure that your dog will be in great hands with me. My entire family, starting from my 9 month old to my 5 year old, to my 10 year old, to my husband and myself we can all agree on one thing, we love dogs we just haven't gotten a chance to get one of our and I figure this would be a wonderful experience for everyone to see what it will eventually be like when we get "our family dog". I also do care for my sisters small dog who is blind quite often so I have a lot of experience with dogs that are blind.