Dogs With Jobs

Nyack is center-ring star of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Cinder, a female police dog on the Winnipeg Police Force, tracks a murder suspect to his hiding place. Clancy, a Labrador Retriever with a touch of hound mixed in, travels all over the state of Minnesota to rid schools of toxic mercury.

Zoro, a 3-year-old German shepherd, helps to catch moose poachers with his owner, a conservation officer with Saskatchewan Environment. Deaf Dalmatian Suzy Q relies on her sight, smell, and vibrations to help an autistic boy prone to rages and seizures. Ten year-old mixed breed Sven, one of California’s emerging musicians, has just released his first CD with musician owner Steve Brooks.

Six-year-old Pitbull Dakota is considered one of the best search-and-rescue dogs in North America. When Cheryl Smith’s wheelchair plummeted into a ditch in a deserted area, her Golden Retriever Orca came to the rescue and saved her life! Target, a Brittany Spaniel, helps to conserve game bird populations.

Border Collie and sheep herder Cass trains to become a sheep trial champion. Certified reading dog Buddy volunteers at the Southern Idaho Reading Center. Mercedes works as a self-taught cheetah nanny at the African Lion Safari.

Cowpoke Peewee herds at 1,000 acre Texas cattle ranch while training to compete in his first ever cattle dog trial. Zeke is a guide dog to Sozan, a blind Zen Priest. Ozzy works with his owner as a public relations agent for the organization Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

Two-year old Greyhound Cindy tries to win the National High Jumping title. Chipper is an Italian greyhound and self-taught seizure alert dog. Hope, a 7-year-old Border Collie in West Yorkshire, England, works for an assertiveness training program that uses sheep herding to teach confident body language.

Piripiri, a three-year-old Labrador Retriever ranger, works with conservationist Tommy Herbert, to track the the endangered Kiwi bird. Five-year-old champion athlete Pugsly jumps and weaves her way around two challenging agility courses to get a step closer to her Master’s Agility Champion two title. Ninety-pound labrador Retriever Joshis a service dog for an eight-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy.

Search and Rescue Ana tests her skills at the annual Iron Dog Workshop. Seventeen-month-old racing hippet Bill needs constant exercise to keep him in top shape to compete in championship races. Hairless Chinese Crested is the lead singer in a busking act.

Pay is a sled dog and a competitive athlete in the fledgling sport of bikejoring. Fergus is a service dog for Samantha Fogg, who has severe Fibromyalgia, a pain and fatigue disorder. Marilyn Bronstein brings her Shar-Pei Blossom to a photo shoot and audition in Manhattan, in an attempt to revive Blossom’s modeling career.

Five-year-old Huntaway Steam herds deer on farm on the North Island of New Zealand. Eighteen-month-old Great Pyrenees Heavenly Angel tries guarding goats for a local Northern California farmer. Eight-year-old Dutch Shepard Mike helps The United States Secret Service weed out counterfeit currency.

Three-year-old New Zealand Heading dog Jassel also guides her owner, who is hard of hearing and losing his eyesight. Seven-year-old Cardigan Corgi Ingrid proves that Cardis can herd sheep with the best of them. Five-year-old Lab Hogan competes against thirty dogs at an indoor dock jumping competition.

Keno, an eight-year-old Labrador Retriever, is the only certified Avalanche Rescue Dog at the Fernie Alpine Resort in BC. Two-and-a-half-year-old Mentor is a personal assistant to Sheila Powers, whose legs were amputated after an accident in the seventies. Four-year-old Beagle Prince is a biosecurity detector at the Auckland International Airport.