I'm currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at UEF's Department of Technical Physics in Kuopio, where I have a flexible remote working schedule (mostly dependent on the needs of my students). My weekends are generally pretty free, and with a little advance planning I can often schedule dog walks, daycare, and more during the working week too. I have a one year old at home (not in daycare yet), and so I usually have her with me during working hours on weekdays. If your dog is ok to walk with a pram, and safe with kids, I'm very happy to do walks and home visits with her. If you have a special needs dog who is not ok with kids, let me know anyway, and we can try to work something out. I volunteered as a dog walker at Mikkelin Eläinsuojeluyhdistus during most of my PhD, and I did 9 months of kotihoito for two big, animal-aggressive, sweet and derpy and difficult Russian wolfhounds (borzoi). I have a lot of experience with large, troublesome dogs, but I adore them all (cats and other pets too!) My first two degrees were in biology, and I worked for 10+ years in pet stores in the USA. I first volunteered with the American SPCA when I was 7 years old, so I'm a lifelong animal person. If you've got a particularly difficult dog and you'd like some references, I have many. I'm hoping to adopt my own shelter mutt one of these days, but for now I've really enjoyed taking care of my clients' pets through Pawshake 🐾