I have always been known as the absolute lifelong dog lover among my friends and family; as a child, I owned dog encyclopedias in two separate languages! I have been a trusted dog sitter for multiple friends, and now the proud owner of my own dog for over a year. While that does not sound like a long time, my dog has definitely not been an easy first dog (reactive on- and off-leash and completely untrained when I got him), so I have had to quickly learn how to deal with difficult dogs and understand dog body language. I'm currently a college student at UC Santa Cruz. Most of my experience is with smaller and medium-sized dogs, but I love dogs of all sizes and will gladly take care of larger dogs too!