I guess I was ten years old, when my aunt Diane opened the family kennel business Clark Hill Kennels in Austin Quebec Canada. She put me to work from cleaning runs, to prepping the dogs for dog shows and everything in between. Show dogs always seems to require extra care. I spent about 4 years being her apprentice . I was born into a loving pet family and as a child we had many dogs and many dogs at the same time. Mostly big breeds and mutts of course. We had a pure Shepard and Mastiff. Training the dogs for house behavior was always important. And is in my house now. The pets indeed are part of the family, but they all have their place(their own dog beds) and its not on my furniture or my beds and I try yo keep them out of the kitchen of course. As an adult I've had a terrier for 15 years this Feb 2020. Juanita was adopted in HI when we lived for a year. She has been the child we never had and has always traveled everywhere we can take her and has never spent the night in a kennel; cos we just don't believe in that option. So as Nita's years are coming to a close I figured it is time to pay it forward again, and open my heart my hearth, and my home to some new hairy friends, who have parents who are as sensitive to their pets' needs as Ive been to Nita.