Walking a puppy you need to have energy and patience, walking a teenaged dog you need to have patience and engery plus a keen eye for attitude, good and bad. Walking an old favorite doggy you need to have love. I have all these charactersistics and a great compassion for animals. Every animal has their own feelings and personalitys. Every animal that welcomes you into their home is reaching a paw out to trust you. Coming into a animals life requires the ability to take in account their needs treat wise and diet wise plus medical wise. Also listening to the animals owners about the animals personality and then learning first hand the animals quirks and attitude. I have cared for a shiztu named Muffin for 5 years, a mixed lab named Raider for 8 years, and two Boston terriers, named Pipsy and Zuzu for 3 yrs. I administrated meds orally to Muffins and Raider. I also know the in and outs of the puppys oral fixation stage and that tones plus sounds scare dogs and if used correctly are a good way to correct and train animals.