My husband and I have recently retired and have moved to Saddlebrooke. We both watched dogs before when we lived in Columbus and LOVED it! Now that we've moved to Tucson, we hope to meet alot of new dog friends out here too! Between the two of us we are home alot to spoil our (and your!) dogs, but do note that we do take bike rides etc in the 4-5 hour range. We watch ONLY ONE dog a time (or will watch two in the same family) so that we can give YOUR pet the special attention that he or she deserves. I have found each dog that we've watched to be a special gift in his or her own way and consider it a real blessing to be given the honor of watching your pet. I've been watching dogs for decades for family, neighbors and friends and loving it! I have always had dogs, helped my uncle raising schnauzer's, and done obedience work with several of my dogs - who were amazing! We have one dog, Emmie a Havanese who while initially wary of new dogs and people becomes friends. She is pretty low key and so dogs that have very high energy would not be a good fit. She accepts other dogs but doesn't usually care to play with them (but we do!!) We also require all dogs that we watch to be up to date on all immunizations and on a vet prescribed tick and flea preventative.