I have one little dog that my family and I have cared for, for 14 years and he is still in great shape, is house trained and his only defects currently is some of his sight and most of his energy have depleted but other than that he still acts like hes 5 in all the positive ways. My family and I also have 2 long haired sister German shepherds that will soon be 2 years old and we haven't finished training with them but they have had great progress as in they are house trained, listen decently to commands, stay close off leash when walking, aren't vicious unless playing with each other (which is normal) but just get a little too excited when meeting new friends (people or pets) If anyone's dog gets excited I'm happy to play with them and understand their jumpy personality, big or small. I haven't cared for cats really at all in life but I figured it wouldn't be too difficult, If that changes someones mind about wanting me to cat sit then I am ok with that and totally understand