Men and their mates...
Serious - what would a guy be without his Swiss pokcet knife, his boyscouting knoweldge, and his best friends - the wolf pack?
This is young Skybird and his first love (suffering from first Judo exercises
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His name was Andor, he was wild in that he had not much control of temper, but he was of very good will and friendly heart. He broke a lot of things and caused quite some trouble, but never because he was aggressive or "bad". He just had too much energy. "Andor on stampede" was a warning call we heared quite often in those years.
Never forgotten friend
Later we had two Dachshounds, and three always free-flying green budgies that spend all their time sharing our lives by sitting on our shoulders all day long - even on open balcony, without cage!
My grandfather also had a pack of hunting dogs. I was the only one, beside him, they allowed to climb into their cage without getting attacked.