Hi, my name is Robin (another one, but with an I). I'm 49 years of age (won't say old, cause I'm not). I live just outside Indianola, Iowa on a small acreage with my boyfriend of 20+ years. I have a 28 year old son who married a wonderful girl in May. They don't have any skin kids, but I do have two grand-puppies - rescues that are quite a handful.

I have four doggies, 2 dachshunds, a mixed breed (we think she has GSD in her) and a yorkie. We seem to increase our fur family on holidays. Our first dachshund was given to me on our 14th anniversary, our yorkie was a 20th anniversary present to me and the other dachshund was Dick's birthday present this year. Our mixed was a rescue because we could no longer stand watch our old neighbors starve her to death.

I work as a secretary for a trade association and Dick is a carpenter. When we're not working or playing with the doggies, we seem to do a lot of home improvement projects.

If I would win the lottery, my sister and I would start a doggie daycare. We've talked about moving closer together (she lives in CA) and doing that when we get tired (not retired) of what we're doing now.

I can't imagine my life without my doggies. I joined PT after doing a search for other people who love their pets as much as I do. Hope to make good friends here. And I hope to learn a lot about people, pets and friendships.