On behalf of Olivia Lauer, I would highly recommend her as a "watchdog". Olivia has always loved dogs, even to a fault. Once when she was visiting a third world country and there were dogs roaming the streets, she would go up to them and talk to them like they were people. I even have a picture of her stooping down to hug one of them. Often when Olivia would come and stay with me, she would beg me to take her to the animal shelter so she could walk the dogs and play with them. She has never met a dog she didn't love. She defends even what I think are scary dogs- Rotweilers, pit bulls etc. and says they are given a bad reputation by people who don't understand them. She would be excellent as a dog sitter.