I love help animals and their people. I am a vet tech but not working as one at the moment . I have had dogs,,cats ,snakes,lizards.turtles, birds, guinea pigs, rabbits and a hedgehog (you name the critter I have owned it. I mean I raised 3 sons by myself, we had anything that moved)and can't image life without four footed baby around. I am willing to keep any sort of critter. My Aussies are therapy dogs My main one has passed over the rainbow bridge and is GREATLY MISSED, (she was 14) my current Aussies - I have 2 of them are....Smoke is 4 he started out as a therapy dog ,trained by Mystic and when Mystic died he become my service dog. Voodu is 3, he is a rescue that is working on being a back-up therapy dog/service dog. They are my babies and are very spoiled but also very trained(they are leash, voice and hand signal trained) I am your baby's willing slave if they are trained and well behaved, exceptions made for young puppies that are just learning to behave The dogs go out to play but with me, they are never alone and they stay in the house. My house is hard wood floors in the front rooms (carpet in bedrooms) and completely dog/cat friendly ,your baby is treated the same way at my place as they are at home. If you permit them on the bed they are allowed there here, if you crate I crate, I follow your wishes to the letter, but I will spoil your furry babies very much while they are at my place LOL both inside (playtime feeding breskfast,etc) and outside (potty breaks and playtime).My grown son lives with me and that is why your babies are never alone. I treat your babies like mine as their needs always come first.They are safe in my care always. They go outside as they need or want to. A potty break or play break ends for only 2 reasons 1) the babies all want to go in 2) the weather. Dogs and cats don't do well.with sudden changes in their life,so I try to make their stay here as much like their time at home as possible. I have worked with Rover since early 2000's .....well that is when I started getting paid for letting other people's babies sleep in my place but they always have been welcome to come and stay as long as they like. I have 2 cats that 1) were raised with dogs and 2) will not run from yours. In fact my youngest cat will play with your baby if the dog so wishes.My oldest is a Maine Coon who is king of the house (he loves dogs, being one himself) he will greet your baby then ignore them