{"id":1983,"date":"2013-07-17T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T13:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2013-07-17T09:28:04","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T13:28:04","slug":"dogs-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/2013\/07\/17\/dogs-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogs With Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night my brother sent me this video of Jumpy and his trainer, Omar von Muller:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5I_QzPLEjM4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dogs are impressive to me because they are unbelievably smart and they will work hard simply to make their human happy. Not all dogs are cut out to jump off the roof of a truck, but their accomplishments are just as fantastic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1984\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue-gecco.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1984\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1984\" alt=\"Moon Pie Is Really Good At Moving Stuff.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue-gecco-1024x764.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue-gecco-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue-gecco-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue-gecco-624x466.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue-gecco.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moon Pie Is Really Good At Holding Stuff.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>David and Christy&#8217;s dogs at Buck Branch have <a title=\"Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.buckbranchbordercollies.com\/#!services\/c1kmm\" target=\"_blank\">purpose<\/a> that help make peoples&#8217; lives easier or more enjoyable. These creatures are truly remarkable animals that do lure coursing, agility training and they can be trained to chase geese from places they don&#8217;t belong. On top of everything, not only are these four leggeds well behaved, but they are adorable as well.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1985\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Kip.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1985\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1985\" alt=\"He'll Chase A Ball For Hours, But He Helped Me Cook All Week.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Kip-764x1024.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Kip-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Kip-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Kip-624x835.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Kip.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just Look At This Face.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Omar and Jumpy aren&#8217;t alone. At We Are Extreme, Omar trains animals for movies and television like Uggie who won an award for the movie The Artist.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8oLGRrGCxfU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Acting aside, dogs can also save lives. Besides the devoted and incredibly important police dogs, there are medical dogs who assist the blind and seizure alert dogs who help epileptics. Dogs can be trained to sniff out explosives, plastics, cigarettes, money, drugs and even cancer. Honestly, I&#8217;m not sure what a human cannot teach a dog.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zuZ0-LlhV4c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The bond between a human and a dog is awfully crucial. A well loved dog will go to the end of the Earth for its owner and be a positive and happy member of society. There are varying degrees of special, and I happen to know that Buck Branch&#8217;s pack is an exceptionally talented and well loved group, but I still think Moon Pie is the best at holding stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blue.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1990\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blue-e1374067449105-1024x916.jpg\" width=\"625\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blue-e1374067449105-1024x916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blue-e1374067449105-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nicolevanputten.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Blue-e1374067449105.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"70e9ce7408c9a4031ee0941e5a507221\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- nicolevanputten.com - horizontal responsive -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3397852750330207\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3560968342\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night my brother sent me this video of Jumpy and his trainer, Omar von Muller: Dogs are impressive to me because they are unbelievably smart and they will work hard simply to make their human happy. 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