Being originally from Alabama, I have grown up around animals and have a natural love for them. I have been around all types of pets dogs, cats, farmland, etc.. Being around animals is very therapeutic for me personally and it helps me take care of animals. In some ways, i feel that I can connect with animals. Where normally a stray dog would run away from people, they will either run up to me or allow me to pet them and show them they can trust me. Nine times out of ten the animal will grow to love me and become friends with me; and other times the animal will still run away because of how poorly they was previously treated by their previous owner.