I grew up with cats and dogs and other small animals. Once I found a wild kitten of 2 weeks old, it was totally emaciated and full of ticks. I took care of it and fed it every 2 hours day and night, it became a wonderful cat! Also, on a volunteering job in Croatia I got attached to a puppy that was living on the street. It was starved and beaten. I took it with me to Belgium (where I lived back than). I took care of it and trained it to walk on the leash first (street dogs apparently don't like a leash very much!), later I taught him a lot of tricks. It became a well behaved and social dog. I also love long hikes and a dog makes a hike 10 times better, but as I live for the moment on a apartment and don't have a dog here. I would be glad taking your dog for a hike. Even if prefer dogs, I also can take care of cats or other animals. As I helped my brother also taking care of his turtles and bearded dragons and did some volunteering work on a calve farm.