Experience/Qualifications: General Dog Care: - Dogsitter with compensated/professional experience providing dog care services from 2014-present - Dog owner (11 years of experience as an adult as primary/sole caregiver for a dog, additional dog care experience having family dogs growing up) Dog foster experience (13 months): - From 2020-2021, I volunteered as a foster home for dogs through a local animal foster/rescue organization. During this period, I fostered six dogs. - I provided a stable/stress-free home environment as well as behavioral/obedience training work (leash walking, crate training, potty training, obedience commands, etc) to address/resolve behavioral issues and encourage socialization skills to help dogs become adopted successfully. Clinical/volunteer experience (3 years) as a pre-vet undergraduate student: - I accrued 300+ volunteer hours working with dogs/cats in various vet clinics/hospitals, ASPCA, and animal rescue organizations. - I acquired 2 semesters of mentored clinical experience, receiving formal training from a licensed veterinarian, for academic credit (i.e., in a strictly graded/performance-evaluated environment). I was trained to perform tasks similar in complexity to vet technicians’ responsibilities (e.g. physical examinations, administering oral/injected medications, parasitic diagnostic lab testing, assisting with neuter/spay surgeries and dental cleaning, surgical procedure anesthesia monitoring, assisted X-ray diagnostic imaging, owner-requested euthanasia).