I have grown up with dogs my entire life. I've lived with small dogs and large ones up to 170 pounds and I just love them all! Your dog will get a lot of love and attention with me and I will treat them like my own. When I walk a dog I don't have headphones or talk on the phone so your pup has my full attention. My husband and I have a 2.5 year old rescue dog named Toast who loves all other dogs. He loves other dogs and would be happy to play with your furry family member. I live one block from a park and am happy to take the dogs there to play. I also live close to an off leash dog park if that is something you'd like. I'm home all day and can let the dogs out as much as needed in my fenced yard. At most I'm away from my house 1-2 hours at a time.