I have had dogs all of my life. Throughout my experience, I have helped my mom train many animals to do their basic tricks, as well as training them to be social, accepting animals. The hardest and most trying experience for me was when I rescued my Rottweiler Poodle two years ago. He was badly abused and, over time, I loved him and trained him and socialized him. He is now a social, loving dog; the best dog we have had in our home in my lifetime. More recently we've adopted a puppy from a shelter and I worked with her for the past several weeks to train her in her basic tricks as well as keeping the house accident free. I hope you will all take my experience into consideration as you choose someone to watch your pets :)