From family member to the best of friends, dogs occupy a special place in our hearts and homes. But, as we read the most heroic of tales and we learn that dogs can be and do even more for their human friends. They are often times heroes, providing help to those with disabilities, supporting law enforcement, or rescuing those in need.

This section is dedicated to those dogs who go above and beyond, and we hope that you will help build this tribute by adding your knowledge to the pages. We've started a list of some of these wonderful jobs.

If you know about these dogs, we want to hear from you! Create a page and describe what they do, how they train, and of course, if you know any personally, we would love a profile on the dog along with the dog's associated organization, so that our wonderful wikiFido community members can contribute to their organizations, if they like.

Different Types of Dog Jobs

Dogs are employed by many organizations and individuals across the world, particularly as helper dogs and as working dogs for law enforcement and the military. Below are some dog jobs, broken down into categories by the type of service these dogs perform.

Service Dogs

• Guide dogs for the blind
• Hearing dogs
• Seizure and diabetes alert dogs
• Psychiatric service dogs
• General service dogs

Support Dogs

• Therapy dogs
• Social dogs

Working Dogs

• Police K-9 units
• Military working dogs (MWDs)
• Customs dogs
  
• Search and Rescue dogs
• Cadaver dogs
• Bomb Detection Dogs

Organizations Providing Services:

• Leading the Way Dog Training & Service Dogs
• Search and Rescue Foundation

Ranch Dogs:
Dogs that provide a service to the agriculture industry of livestock production. Without these herding bred dogs
many ranchers/stock producers would have many long hours of work ahead of them. Their herding dogs are able
to save their owners many man hours of work.