In my family, we have had a dog almost my entire life; so now that I am away from home in Texas, I need more dogs in my life! I am familiar with many breeds, sizes, and all ages of dogs. Currently my parents have 3 dogs in their house, including one rescue and adopted semi-retired hunting dog. I am accustomed to working and providing care for highly trained dogs, such as hunters; so that if you, as a dog parent, want to maintain consistent training and management styles, I can do that. In fact, I aspire to train my own service dog one day. I love "dogs with jobs!" In addition, I have experience administering oral meds and eye drops, and general care for senior dogs. While living in Northern Virginia/DC, I took a very active role in walking, house-sitting, and home-stays for my sister's golden retriever/german shepherd mix named Crosby, who was adopted from a rescue agency. Crosby was my jogging and hiking partner. We often explored national parks, ran the Mount Vernon trail, played at dog parks, and dined at dog-friendly restaurants. Therefore, if you want your dog to jog or have an active day in the park playing fetch, I am more than happy to do that! Not only am I an active person who loves to explore, I equally love to be a couch potato, and if your dog needs just that, then I am more than happy to snuggle up with him/her :) I will do what brings your dog joy and comfort. As a doctorate student in clinical psychology, I am a very caring and empathetic person; and I believe this shows in my interactions while taking care of dogs. To quote a favorite rescue agency from Florida, "stay close to people (and dogs) that feel like sunlight." Now, while living in Indy, I am a proud dog aunt for a pup my brother-in-law rescued in Texas and I fostered and transported here to Indy for my Aunt and Uncle to adopt. His name is Moose, an American Staffordshire Terrior/Lab/Boxer mix, who I have helped train and take care since he was 8 weeks old. As such, I am very familiar with positive-reinforcement and structured training with a high emphasis in physical and mental stimulation. I love my Moose man so much!