My family has owned five dogs. My father has taught me training tips from when he trained one of our Golden Retrievers for Competition. That dog, Tess, even won a best in breed prize. The Dog my we currently have now is eight years old. He is completely healthy, but a little chubby. My parents spoil him. For the last four years I have house-sit and dog-sit for my parents for various lengths of time. Sometimes just a couple of days, several time it was two and half weeks. I'm good at both short term and long term care and needs. I've been raised well!