Nino was my bud for 16 years. He was a german and white shepherd mixed breed. I had the opportunity to learn from him how he communicated and all the details of his stages of life. Starting as an energetic puppy, discovering his fears and his environment, dealing with his personality, adapting to his big size, providing the best food (I took a class of natural food to pets) and care (I took a behaviour pet class) that I could, facing the difficulties of his old age and respecting all his limitations, physical and psychological. I also took care of my relatives pets when needed such as akitas and other small and medium mixed breeds dogs. So I think that learning to “listen” to Nino was the most important and the best thing I did.