Working dog

A working dog is a dog used to perform practical tasks, as opposed to pet or .

Definitions vary on what a working dog is, they are sometimes described as any dog Dog training for and employed in meaningful work; other times as any dog whose breed heritage or physical characteristics lend itself to working irrespective of an individual animal's training or employment; and other times again it is used as a synonym for herding dog.

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Working dog types Roles performed by dogs that sometimes sees them classified as working dogs include:

• Assistance dog trained to help a disabled person in some way, such as guide dog a visually impaired person, providing mobility assistance, and psychiatric service. Often overlap with Therapy dog used to provide companionship or to help people rehabilitate from injuries.
• Carriage dog historically used to provide protection to carriage passengers or merchandise
• Detection dog or sniffer dog, trained to detect for example drugs or land mines.
• Drafting dog traditionally used to pull small carts. Now survive in modern age as a novelty or in carting sport.
• Guard dog used to protect buildings or livestock
• Herding dog
• Hunting dog used to hunt wildlife or assist hunters. Are split into several varieties, including Hound, Terrier, Dachshund, cur type dogs, Catch dog, Bay dog, or Gun dog.
• Military working dog
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  trained in combat, or used scouts, sentries, messengers, , and tracking dog
• School dog different from assistance or service dogs and are trained for animal-assisted education
• Search and rescue dog
• Sled dog
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• Working terrier is a terrier bred to hunt small , such as , , and .Glover, John. (2014). Ratting With Terriers. Suffolk, England. Skycat Publications.

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Kennel club classification When competing in conformation shows, a number of classify various pedigree dog breeds into a "working group" or "working dogs group", although it varies between kennel club what breeds are so classified. The Kennel Club classifies mastiff, pinscher, sled dog, select livestock guardian dog and some other breeds in their working group. The American Kennel Club's working group and the Canadian Kennel Club's working dogs group are very similar to The Kennel Club's except they include all livestock guardian dog breeds and all full sized spitz breeds (not just sled dogs) recognised by the clubs. Both the Australian National Kennel Council's and New Zealand Kennel Club's working dogs groups comprise herding dog breeds and select livestock guardian dog breeds recognised by those clubs. The Fédération cynologique internationale has no working group.

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See also

• Mojee

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