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JANUARY 2014
DOGGIERESCUE.COM MAGAZINE DoggieRescue UNLEASHED and DANGEROUS….
POSITIONS VACANT compiled by Roland Briefrel
“A dog is like a person – he needs a job and a family…”
Dogs are lazy. There, I said it. And you all know it is true. Take for instance my five just now. Bob, who’s sleeping on the couch, Sebastian who’s sleeping in his designer bed, Ebony who’s drooling on my shoes, Cooper who’s sunning himself on the dog trampoline and Gilligan who’s got his head, again, in the food bowl. Dogs, everywhere!! Dogs, dogs, dogs!!
Yet dogs are not just our most beloved pets and companions -- they too can have careers, and often they are very important ones. This month, at the beginning of a new year, let’s take a look at some of the employment opportunities available to our canine friends and which some of mine might like to consider!! Not only are dogs excellent at snuggling on the couch, playing fetch in the park, and chewing your favourite slippers, they are extremely intelligent creatures capable of some incredible jobs that even humans are unable to do. Here are seven important jobs dogs have been trained to do:
1. Detection dogs Detection dogs are trained to use their incredible sense of smell to find a specific item. When we think of detection dogs, we often think of dogs that are used by the police or military to detect bombs,
drugs, or illegal paraphernalia. Detection dogs are also used for sniffing out endangered bee colonies so environmentalists can work
to protect them, sniffing out truffles (mushrooms), and there are even dogs trained to sniff out bed bugs to find bed bugs as soon as possible and also after treatment to make sure the bed bugs are completely gone.
2. Service dogs Service dogs are trained to help people with a wide range of disabilities. First used as seeing-eye dogs for the visually impaired, service dogs can also be trained for seizure alert, hearing alert dogs (for those hard of hearing), mobility assistance dogs (help pick up objects, open and close doors, and even pull wheelchairs), and
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