Update: i recently started working as an analytical chemist so my mom and sister also care for my rover dogs! Extra care from a dog-loving family! I have owned dogs my entire life. I don't treat them like dogs. I treat them as if they were my children and they need to be taken care of. Dogs rely so much on people, how could I not? ^_^. I own a poodle/terrier and I take him with me wherever I can either on a leash or dog stroller if I sneak him into stores/malls. He visits dog beach when the weather is nice enough and dog park almost every day. I would take the dogs that I pet sit there as well just as long as they get along with other dogs and are less than 25 lbs (my poodle goes to the small dog park). I have a lot of experience working with animals because I have a degree in Biology, so a lot of my studies involved animals and looking after them.