I have been raised with and looked after dogs my whole life (guide/elderly/suffering severe separation anxiety/difficult). For most of my life, I lived with two dogs of opposing personalities and breed until they both passed away. One guide dog, which I helped care for my mother (helping bathe the dog, walk when my mum couldn’t). And also a toy poodle (which was more like a temperamental cat), that suffered with severe separation anxiety and difficult eating habits. I also in my spare time like to walk the dogs at my local shelter and help out whenever I can, and gain experience with multiple different breeds. On the odd occasion, I dogsit a family friend’s jack russell, who comes with a list of issues but never has to worry when he’s with me. Every time I care for him, he feels very safe and relaxed, which he doesn’t get at other carers. I also have experience with living with a cat, a 20 pound yelling cat, that my flatmate at the time adopted from a shelter. He was often away for months at a time so I became a primary carer for him.