Our family raised our now 10 years boarder collie Max since he was 8 weeks old. Max is very friendly and gentle, and will be a good buddy for your dog. My husband and I grew up around dogs and always love dogs. We have a large fenced in yard for the dogs to chill out. Your dog will be treated like a part of our family. He/She will have lots of fun boarding with us! Your dog will get to play, rest, walk on good intervals, food and medication on time. We have one park right next to our house and second park within a couple of blocks of our house. We usually go through these parks and also walk thru the neighborhoods. On the weekends, we usually take the dogs go to the Alameda Creek Trail which is about an 10 minutes walking distance from our house.