I been a babysitter for kids since I was 12 and walking my dogs when I was 8 years old named Kool which was a black lab until the neighbors called the cops on us to have us put him down when it was their dog that was violance so my dad had us take him to his friends apple orchard when he can be free and well fed for .. Animald are just like humans but extra lovable and should be treated with kind and respect and authority like a kid sometimes depending of there age and if they are trained or not .If you train them very young with taking baths and things then they will know when there older ..Very Thank you