Currently, my landlord doesn't allow dogs, so for the first time in my life, I'm sadly lacking scruffy lovable dog energy. To fill the void, I dogsit! Because Portland is Portland, my clients have included everyone from local musical royalty and their senior tone-deaf mutts to Olympic athletes and their adorably fat little bulldog puppies. I grew up with both rescue mutts and purebred designer dogs, and I totally understand taking either route to dog ownership. I have taken care of dogs that required a LOT of zoomy energy, and dogs that required a LOT of Netflix couch time. I've given dogs medicine orally and topically, and even performed daily rehabilitation exercises on numerous senior dogs, and one recovering from a medical event. I like small dogs and medium sized dogs, but I especially love giant breeds—and luckily I'm well over six feet tall and in good enough shape to handle them. I'm obsessed with dogs to the point that my friends are used to me stopping midsentence to point out a pup across the street. Honestly, one of the only trips I take every year is to New York City to go to the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, just to meet breeds of dogs I've never met before. (I met an Otter Hound last year!) I haven't met your dog, but I'm 100% sure we'll be best friends.