My experience with dogs comes from taking care of them when I'm home for the summer. We usually board them for two weeks and they never want to leave when it's time for pickup - just ask Blue, Bizzi, and Ruby. I like to think of myself as a "friend of animals" - never had a bad experience and I've even been able to get shy boys to cozy up to me (Bentley). There used to be an older lady I spent some time with and whenever I had the chance to drop into her place, she would get so excited and we would begin to howl together; you would think that ten year old bloodhound was half her age (Sophie you are absolutely magnificent).