I'm in my sixties and have had dogs in my house all my life. I started taking care of our German Shorthair puppies when I was nine years old. My parents would breed them for hunting and sales. My parents had to stop raising them to sell due to the fact that I would have them all named right after birth and during the 2 to 3 months it took to sell the puppies I became attached and threw a fit when they were sold.