Marley is house broken, and is trained. She sits and lays on command. She is active and loves to play tug of war with her rope. She loves to cuddle and she will lick you to death. She does good with kids, but I feel she would do better with children over the age of 6 just because she is a bigger dog and is playful. She has been around my cat, she doesn't seem to mind him as much as he minds her.