I've volunteered for the humane society, in the kennels walking and playing with pooches, and the cattery, and the small animal room I've taken care of rabbits for my neighbor during a week long heatwave and I personally have a cat, dog, and 4 Hermit crabs, I've always been around some kind of animal or another from Hermit crabs to horses, dogs to cats, chickens and goats, pigs and rabbits, lizards, fish, and ferrets