I love to be outside. I often take walks and wish I had a dog to come with me. I connect with dogs on a "spiritual" level. I believe they pick up most on my energy, which is calm and happy. I have usually had cats and dogs as pets as well as gerbils. Now that I have two children, I have decided not to have a pet because we don't have the room in our apartment. For 2 years I had an interesting job as a pet waste remover. I had about 100 yards I would visit a week, I picked up dog poop for 8 hours a day, but I loved spending time with the friendly dogs that were in their yard when I got there.