Both of us have always been in a house with animals from childhood, we are trying to get prepared for having pets of our own. We liive very close to two parks making walks extremely easy and accesible. We often go for long walks in the Peak district at the weekends. Ana is only working part time and her hours are very flexible so day stays or overnight stays can be organised around all this. I , Patrick work for myself, some days from home, some days at my office/warehouse (dogs can be taken here if necessary) overal I would say we are a very flexible couple. We would allow the pet evrywhere in the property apart from our bedroom. Our garden is more of a fenced yard, however we would not allow a cat to go outside. on nice days we often have the back door open so a dog could come and go as they pleased. If we had a cat we would of course keep in closed.