Comments on: 10 jobs for my dog

By: Liza S.

Liza S. — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:37:06 +0000

Thanks, the three dog blogger and Lindsay. The Springer finally arrived a couple of days ago and we got to set it up today and go for a first ride with Keeda. She loved it! We’ll have to stick to short rides for a while until we build up her endurance. I barely even felt her pulls. One thing I was worried about is that perhaps putting a harness on her, which encourages her to pull, while biking would cause her to pull in regular situations with a buckle collar as well, but so far that hasn’t been a problem. Then again we have only had one ride so far.

By: Lindsay Stordahl

Lindsay Stordahl — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:43:48 +0000

Liza, I bike with my dog all the time in the summer. I just hold his leash in my left hand and he runs right at my side so I have never considered buying a Springer or any other kind of bike attachment. I imagine they work very well, though. And they allow the person to have both hands free.

By: the three dog blogger

the three dog blogger — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:56:00 +0000

Liza, I used to cycle regularly with our previous dog. Only on country tracks though away from anyone else. He absolutely loved it. He would run for about 4 miles and just couldn’t get enough. As soon as I stopped he was dying to carry on. He was a lot fitter than me! He just loved the speed of it.

By: Liza S.

Liza S. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:15:12 +0000

Speaking of jobs for your dog (and exercising) – what do you think about riding bikes with your dog? I recently ordered a Springer – a device which attaches to your bicycle and helps you safely bike with your dog running alongside. The springer absorbs up to 90% of the pulling the dog might do so if Keeda lunges at another dog I won’t fly off my bike! I was wondering if you had tried anything like this before and what the experience was like.

By: Ty Brown

Ty Brown — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:04:14 +0000

My dog has a job as a protection dog. He’s never really had to protect us from anything but he loves to practice when he gets the chance and someone is willing to get bit!

By: Cynthia Blue

Cynthia Blue — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:06:46 +0000

All my dogs have jobs! Well, Lucy and Angel don’t really anymore, they are getting older and their bodies are not as strong as they used to be. But the other four do, and we all love it! (They might say they are games, not jobs, lol)

By: Chad

Chad — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:35:37 +0000

Just stumbled on your blog. Some great stuff here! I have a 6 month old Shepherd/Chow mix that definitely needs a job to do. I’m going to look into a backpack this week.

By: jan

jan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:26:04 +0000

My dogs’ jobs are to keep the floor clean of all the crumbs that drop from the humans eating.

By: Biggie-Z

Biggie-Z — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:37:55 +0000

We have been thinking that Biggie needs more obedience classes or agility – not because he would be “good” at it – he’s a little too slow and self-motivated (or rather, self UNmotivated), but we think he’d like the the mental challenge or doing something new.

Otherwise, Biggie is all about working. He is always on duty, and he never takes a day off; he lives to guard. We do play games and he has his mentally stimulating toys, but guarding is job #1. All the time.

By: Apryl DeLancey

Apryl DeLancey — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:33:37 +0000

Gus has a backpack that is very funny when he first gets it on. He’ll just stand there. Once he does get walking he will be slow about it. He’s getting better, though. Really long walks work for him also but he’ll never be an agility dog. He is so lazy that he lays down and goes to sleep at the dog park!