Working_dogs
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Added: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:50:30 -0500
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Working Dogs

Working dogs can be quite fascinating to watch. Working dogs can pull sleds. Working dogs ca haul heavy burdens. Working dogs can perform rescues. Working dogs can even act as eyes and ear for their disabled owners. Working dogs can do many things. working dogs can truly be a big help to the shepherd, working in concert with their owner, they can help keep a huge flock of sheep under control. The shepherd uses voice and hand signals and whistles to direct the movement of a working dog. The working dog can go out and find and bring back a lost sheep to the herd. A working dog can, on signal from the shepherd, turn the flock right or left. A working dog can get the flock running and a working dog can stop the flock if signaled to do so. A working dog is an invaluable helper and companion to the shepherd. A working dog is fast and can run to the outskirts of the flock and keep any of the sheep from getting separated from the flock where they might become lost or injured. There is a very close relationship between a working dog and his handler.

There must be a strong bond of trust and respect between a working dog and his handler for them to work together successfully. This working relationship is built up over years of working closely together where the handler and the working dog develop a sore of psychic link so that the working dog can anticipate what the handler wants and needs for him to do. This type of working dog is a wonder to behold.

There are many other types of working dogs. As long as man and dog have kept company, there have been working dogs. I guess man first domesticated dogs for their ability to be working dogs. Maybe the first working dog was a security guard for early man as he slept in his cave. Now there are many types of security dogs. They act as guard dogs for businesses and homes. This type of working dog is indispensable for modern man.

Other types of working dogs are the seeing eye dog and the companion dog for disabled individuals. These working dogs provide an invaluable service to people in need. They are specially trained working dogs who can help a blind person lead a more normal everyday life as this working dog can help them safely navigate the streets and buildings and mass transit of their home city so they can get around and work. Or the companion dog can alert a deaf person to a phone call or visitor or intruder. Some dogs are even trained to be the hands of a person with paralysis. So there are many ways these working dogs can aid in the physical lives of their owners as well as offering comfort and companionship and security when these individuals live alone.

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