Thanks for reading my profile! I'll start off with a little bit about me in general and then proceed to my pet history. I'm originally from Canada and moved to San Diego in 2015 when my husband got transferred here. I work full time for a software company and of that, I am home about 50% of the time (when I'd be dog sitting obviously); other than that, I travel with my territory being North America. I have several degrees and designations. For fun, I hang out at the gym, do yoga, golf and read. Until we know that we are living here permanently, we are renting. Currently we are in a house with a fenced in yard. After buying our starter house in Canada, my husband and I adopted an adult dog from the SPCA (Canadian equivalent of the Humane Society) named Coby. We changed his name to Cody and had him as our fur-kid for the next 5 years. Man that dog could run so fast! We ended up being running partners on a trail close to our house. He was a mix and we think black lab x Am Staff. He was so sweet and quite the lapdog at 50lbs. :) We had to put Cody down due to complications from diabetes (where I learned to administer medications via injection) after having him as part of the family for 5+ years. It was the hardest decision we ever had to make. He is in the pictures I have attached from my profile along with our cat, Mittens (who got to fly to San Diego vs driving). We fostered for a local animal rescue charity in Canada called Lab Rescue for about a year. It was challenging because you didn't know what kind of background the dog had. I think we fostered 5 dogs separately (a border Collie mix named Molly, a yellow lab mix named Abbey, a shepherd mix puppy (Fisher) and a beautiful red lab named Finley) before we met Bowser, our 5th and final foster thru the SPCA because we ended up keeping him. (don't tell my husband, but when we met Bowser, I knew we'd keep him even though he was nearly naked, poor little dude) I could write 3 pages' worth of stuff about Bowser but I'll keep it short. Bowser was rescued from a very bad situation where he was tied up outside, starved and had demodex/mange and the SPCA actually used him in their legal suit against the 'family' that he was rescued from (Go Bowser!). Although he was rescued at 39lbs, Bowser, being boxer/mastiff mix should have been around 70-75lbs. Over the first year, Bowser learned to go up and down stairs, got his fur back and gained lots of confidence and weight. He was also very well traveled. When we moved here from Canada, I drove with Bowser in the backseat to San Diego where my husband already was living. Bowser had the sweetest personality, got along with our cat Mittens and loved to wake you up with a slobbery kiss. He is no longer with us and I miss him dearly. He is also in the pics I've attached including ones from Canada and here in San Diego.