Dogs have been my best friends my whole life. I consider them family and always enjoy building a new doggie friendship. My family pack includes 12 year old Gracie (Cockapoo), 10 year old Pinto (Chihuahua), and 7 year old LuLu (Maltese). I'm a mushy dog lover who spends most of my time at home. I will love on your pup like it's my own. I've cared for senior and seriously ill dogs many times, and even learned to give saline injections to my dog. I understand the need for special diets and monitoring food and medicine if that is needed. I work full time, but my husband is a college professor and is only gone for 3 hours in the middle of the day. We take our own dogs out regularly and hang out on the deck and in the back yard, which is completely enclosed by a high wooden fence with locked gates. Our dogs are not left alone outside. When inside the house, they are welcome on the couch or bed with us. They can stay in their crate at night if that is your/their preference but there's always room to curl up with the rest of the pack. I love to wake up eyeball to eyeball with the dogs.