My title says it all. I believe that all animals deserve to be treated with love, thoughtfulness and respect. My pets are like my children, and I consider myself to be their father moreso than their owner; and I understand that many of you feel the same way. I will treat your babies with just as much consideration and will care for them like they were my own beloved, furry, extended family members. I am extremely well-versed in all aspects of animal care. I was essentially raised with dogs and cats and learned how to nurture and care for them at a very young age. I have cared for dogs and cats my entire life. In addition to having many wonderful experiences as a loving parent to my own pets, I have volunteered at domestic animal shelters for decades. I have fostered dogs and cats for animal shelters in my home (at one point I had 5 cats, a mama dog and 7 puppies in a two-bedroom apartment!), been an assistant manager at an all-volunteer pet adoption agency, and volunteered at a wildlife rescue and rehab center/farm sanctuary where I got to feed and care for numerous wild and farm sanctuary animals. I have helped prepare meals, feed, and care for raccoons, baby squirrels, possums, pigs, cows, horses, and all sorts of birds. I have been walking dogs professionally for around 9 years. I primarily work as a Travel Nurse, where I take care of patients in the recovery room after surgery, and walking dogs is typically what I do between contracts. I am not officially trained in animal medicine, but mammals are typically mammals, and I am the person in my family that has largely taken care of any of my family's pets after any type of surgical procedure. I also have experience giving pets shots and oral medications from when I volunteered at the pet adoption agency.