Have been a doggy mom most of my life. We adopt senior dogs, so we have had 5 furry family members over the past 25 years. We married late in life. As a child, our household was not complete without a dog. Daisy was with me from my age 14 to 32 yrs old! Had an 18th birthday party for her. Kingsley, our 5th ,has been with us 1.5 years and is a real sweetheart, black lab. Our fury family members are our children. Kingsley loves the car, his daily walks and very comfy on our couch and bed. He shares his space when we dogsit his cousin! We have had two seniors that were deaf. Never had a communication issue with them. Guess we got lucky. Our dog gas free access to our entire home. We have a 2nd floor and a basement Exercise indoors ,because of the stairs, is much( I get followed up and down all day!)