I had two dogs growing up from the age of 5-18 until I went off to college. Texas Tea (Because he was a Kerry Blue Terrier that never changed color and stayed black as oil) and Dodger named after Billy Joel's animated character in Oliver because that's what he looked like. While we bought Tex from a breeder, Dodger was a stray dog that was scratching and howling at our garage who we just took in and loved for 15 years. In terms of dealing with other people's dogs, I also worked as a dog walker/doggie day care attendant for over 3 years where I watched up to 20 dogs at a time. I have a lot of experience with troubled dogs (as long as I know ahead of time the issues they have to work with them) as well. For example I was living with my roommate’s rescue pit who was a handful to train and could sometimes be aggressive, but with love and care I feel comfortable handling dogs with all types of backgrounds. Also I just love hanging out with dogs!