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My first animals
My first dogs I was around 20 years old, in 1984, when I had my first dog. I lived in Turin, Italy at the time. Actually, I didn’t only have a dog, I was lucky enough to have three dogs, 2 German shepherd and a mixed breed. As a child, I had always wanted to have a dog, but my parents were not interested, so I was very pleased when I finally had the opportunity to have dogs as a part of my family. I was so enthusiastic about animals that my parents allowed me to keep a small turtle, a parrot and a cat during my youth. I think my children can consider themselves lucky for being brought up among dogs. They have learnt from dogs some things that are not taught in school.
Ricco Senior (German shepherd) 
Ricco was a big and beautiful German shepherd. He was a good guardian, and at the same time a wonderful family dog. Ricco lived outside
the house, in the garden, as usual in Italian quarters of detached
houses. He watched over the house and us, people living there
and would bark when someone approached the garden. Ricco Junior (German shepherd)  Ricco Junior “on duty” as a guardian dog. In the right corner, Cero rests. We missed Ricco Senior very much and decided to have another German shepherd as soon as possible. We got a puppy from the same breeder, and called the new puppy Ricco, in memory of the dog we lost. It took me a while to learn to appreciate the new dog. I compared him with old Ricco, and he didn’t stand up to my expectations. Now, I realize that I wanted him to be the old dog, which of course was both stupid and unfair on the dog. The day arrived when I accepted the fact that Ricco Junior was another individual and from then on I loved him just as much as the old one. Cero (mixed breed) 
Cero at old age. During his 17 years of life, he mated several pure bred bitches in our neighbourhood, and for that reason, was not the most popular in town. My white and brown mixed breed dog, Cero, was a very sweet tempered dog. He was useless as a guarding dog, but a fantastic family dog. He lived for 17 years and became a father of several puppies in Turin during his lifetime. His nose was extremely sensitive when bitches were in heat and he would travel around the city to mate them. Of course he should have been neutered, but the “Capo famiglia” disliked the idea, and as a consequence Cero was probably the most disliked dog in Turin among bitch owners. Main page ©
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