I owned a dog when I was 15-17 years old before I moved to Canada. It was a long hair Chihuahua, he passed away shortly after I came. I recently took care of a young Golden Retriever for 3 weeks while the owners were travelling for the holidays. I woke up at 6am every day, even weekends, to start taking care of her. I had to feed her twice a day, take her on walks to the park or around the neighbourhood and wash her once every couple of days.