Pastimes
I have had several dogs, and taken care of more. Piero was my second Riesenschnauzer or Giant Schnauzer as americans seem to call them. He is dead now. He got cancer at age 8, and the medication couldn't keep up when he was a bit over nine and a half. Untill a few weeks before his death, he would run around in the Woods for a few hours a day, as well as playing both in the yard and inside. He was a rescue like all other dogs I have had, but unlike normal rescue dogs, he had been tormented by one previous owner, I would see the scars when his fur was short enough. His second owner left him alone and isolated exposed to weather. I got him at age 18 months or so, and it took me less than 4 days to get him stable. Within a few weeks, he seemed like a normal dog to anyone who met him, and later he became a dog who would cure several people of their fear of dogs, amazingly intelligent dog. He wasn't always the most obedient though. He would occasionally unlock the(as in turning the lock before puling on the handle) front door and run into the yard, but he would never exit our yard even with the gate wide open, that is unless he got our permission.
There was one thing he was never good with though, swamps. He was terrified of his paws being stuck. This would set him back to his state when I first got him, but he would seek my help to get out anyway. It seemed like some sort of post traumatic stress. But overall, one heck of a resilient mindset, loyal and kind dog.
