I've had a dog and or other animals as part of my family as long as I can remember. I have a German shepherd border collie mix as part of my family. I've had her since she was a puppy and she just turned 9 in September. She loves having Playmates over and she has two cat brothers name Zen and Zuko. We also just have a female Australian Shepherd/ Border Collie mix we adopted when she was 6 months, now she 2 years and her name is Luna. We also have a male Australian cattle dog that we adopted when he was just 8 weeks old, he just turned one this past October, and his named Naga. I have a daughter that is 9 She helps out a lot with animals her chores are to feed the animals during breakfast time and dinner time. She is really gentle with the animals and loves to play with them. We occasionally watch our neighbors dog when they go out of state for about a month. We also used to have a rabbit but she just passed away from old age about a year ago.