Dog loves his job.
In case I haven't been clear, I've been working these past few months, while on my study break, as a security guard, and my dog has been working alongside me.
His part of the job is 1) finding people for me 2) making sure said people behave. He's very very good at the first part, and as for the second part... let me put it this way. Whoever tries to strike me on the job is going to end up with an arm as mangled as if they shoved it through a meat grinder. Which isn't ideal; ideal is the dog clamping down and holding tight. Instead, my dog grows angry, and after he's bitten down - and he bites hard - he shifts his grip several times, causing more damage than strictly necessary. Fortunately, most people see dog and keep their distance. Which I'm perfectly happy with. So far he's never had to bite anyone on the job... just during our many practice sessions, where the bitten party wears protective gear to minimize injuries.
Anyhow, we had a funny incident yesterday, which shows how much my dog loves his job. He was following a scent of people through a half-finished building, and finally concluded that the scent originated higher up in an elevator shaft, where a couple of workers were fastening the rails onto the shaft walls. This elevator shaft it should be noted, due to the unfinished-ness of said building, has its entrance on each floor blocked by nothing but a wooden plank and is open in both the up and the down direction. Anyhow, dog was on the scent and intended to follow it wherever it went. So he heedlessly leaps the plank and is heading into the elevator shaft -
Where the leash and my hasty grip on his hind leg catches hold of him before he falls.
Yes, dog is mad. He's a Belgian shephard, of the Laekenois type, and Belgian shephards are like that... they love to work, love tracking and following a scent, love finding people, and this isn't the first time my dog goes on a self-induced high and leaps before he looks. Thank the stars for good solid leather leashes.
His part of the job is 1) finding people for me 2) making sure said people behave. He's very very good at the first part, and as for the second part... let me put it this way. Whoever tries to strike me on the job is going to end up with an arm as mangled as if they shoved it through a meat grinder. Which isn't ideal; ideal is the dog clamping down and holding tight. Instead, my dog grows angry, and after he's bitten down - and he bites hard - he shifts his grip several times, causing more damage than strictly necessary. Fortunately, most people see dog and keep their distance. Which I'm perfectly happy with. So far he's never had to bite anyone on the job... just during our many practice sessions, where the bitten party wears protective gear to minimize injuries.
Anyhow, we had a funny incident yesterday, which shows how much my dog loves his job. He was following a scent of people through a half-finished building, and finally concluded that the scent originated higher up in an elevator shaft, where a couple of workers were fastening the rails onto the shaft walls. This elevator shaft it should be noted, due to the unfinished-ness of said building, has its entrance on each floor blocked by nothing but a wooden plank and is open in both the up and the down direction. Anyhow, dog was on the scent and intended to follow it wherever it went. So he heedlessly leaps the plank and is heading into the elevator shaft -
Where the leash and my hasty grip on his hind leg catches hold of him before he falls.
Yes, dog is mad. He's a Belgian shephard, of the Laekenois type, and Belgian shephards are like that... they love to work, love tracking and following a scent, love finding people, and this isn't the first time my dog goes on a self-induced high and leaps before he looks. Thank the stars for good solid leather leashes.