I just absolutely love the company of dogs. Since a child, I've always been known to connect well with animals. I often hear, "She/he doesn't usually let people do xyz" shortly after meeting their dogs. I'm good at reading the body language of animals. Growing up in rural suffolk, we had dogs, cats and bunny's. Later, living in a farm house, we had Aquariums, Lambs, Rabbits, Guinaefowl, Chickens, Guinea Pigs, Stick Insects, Land African snails, and of course more dogs. I independently started caring for my aquariums and reptiles at 11/12 years old. I kept and bred various fish and reptiles. I no longer keep reptiles, but I still have the husbandry knowledge. At 14, one of the two kittens that was brought back home was very sickly. By syringe feeding her, I brought Toulouse back to full strength, and she is still going strong till this day (16 years later). I have looked after Border Collies (we currently have one, the 2nd in the family), Yorkshire Terriers and Spaniels at home. I have dog sitted Staffy's, Labradors, Spaniels, French Mastiff's, Frenchies and Whippets. I have worked part-time at pets at home and became pet qualified (to treat, care for and sell all animals in store). I'm a freelance photographer, so can easily schedule my work around my pet sitting. Oh, as a lover of the natural world, I also have green fingers.