I have been around pets of all kinds from birth. We've always been a multi-dog and cat (and other creature) household. I have vast experience when it comes to caretaking animals, and was breeding and rearing guinea pigs at the age of eight. My folks bred and raised dogs in my teen to college years (cocker spaniels and then English bulldogs), and I have tended to the well-being of the newest of brand new of puppies, the most pregnant of mama dogs, and every walk of canine in between. I nursed my now elderly bebe boy through parvo in his first year of life, rescued a stray kitten from under a neighbor's car and nursed him back from the brink of death (and then adopted him, obviously), and plucked my little girl as an emaciated and abused little pup from the mean streets and spent many patient hours, days, months, years getting her to trust and enjoy the world after early and lasting trauma (you'd never know now; she's grown into the most spunky and affectionate little bub 🥰). There isn't much I can't handle when it comes to the caretaking of creatures. I simply prioritize their calm and trust, and I am always ready with all the cuddles and scritches and runarounds when the time is right, whether right off the bat or after a spell of becoming better acquainted.