[doggiedad]

i think training and exercise are what every dog needs whether it's
a mix breed or pure bred. i think with training, socializing and spending time with your dog gets rid of a lot of those behavior
problems. training, socializing, exercise and spending time with your dog is going to make a good dog.

my dog doesn't have a certain job assigned to him
but there's things he does that could be considered a job.
my dog will take the mail from the mail person and bring it to us.
when we come home from shopping our dog is always willing to carry something from the car to the house. when i ask my dog to get his leash before we leave the house is that a job? when we play find it is that a job?

i think it's a fine line between a job and following commands (being
trained to do certain things). we make sure we do something
with our dog everyday. i'll get up an hour early in the morning so
i'll have time to run my dog through his paces. before my GF goes to work she does something with our dog.
a lot of times when we're home in the evening we'll
take the dog to this field for some playtime and reinforcement training.

i sort of look at my dogs job as doing what's asked of him. doing
the things he's trained to do is his job. my dog receives mental
and physical exercise everyday sometimes several times a day.