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The team at Pedigree know that dogs have loads of very special talents so they'd love to hear what sort of job your dog would be best at, and what skills, experience and "qualifications" your pooch has for this job! For example, they might be a great counsellor because they are an excellent listener or maybe they would be a great personal trainer because they’re a great motivator when it comes to taking a walk.

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[sharond101]

My pooch would be an excellent food taster. She eats everything and anything and doesn't mind what it looks like or smells like. She has years of experience and is happy to work long hours.

[Horehound]

Bramble – English Cocker Spaniel, 9 years old.

Motivational speaker 2007-2016: I have been a motivational speaker for my whole life. I love to wake my owners at 4.30am every day and give them a good talking to -ready to set them up for the day ahead! On their return I listen to their work problems or gossip and make the right noises as and when required. On my walks I like to speak to other dogs and tell them they are looking extra nice that day. I will tell their owners they should be proud of their doggy friends and spread the love and encouragement to all.

Food taster: 2007-2016: I like to “taste test” anything I see. I need to have a sample of my owners’ food before allowing them to eat their breakfast, lunch or dinner and if I feel the need; I also like to taste the vegetables from the fridge.
Sometimes, in the night, I like to rummage in the recycling bin and drag out any packets or tins I can lick. I like to leave them around the garden to show off to everyone how much work I have done that day. Not only do I enjoy tasting every day foods I also eat tissues and cardboard on a regular basis. My palette is enviable.

Skills:
• Bilingual in French and English. Born and resided in the South of France for 6 years, I have come to Scotland on a 4 year secondment.
• Alarm Clock –I have mastered the art of waking at 4.30am daily. If my owners ignore me scraping at the door I show immense endurance to keep scraping for another 2 hours. Only when fed, I stop.
• Master at Vet Visiting – I have eaten a poisonous caterpillar and had to have some of my tongue cut off and some teeth removed or I wouldn’t be typing this today. I have made myself very unwell eating a whole salmon skeleton and a whole load of composted food waste. I have spent at least £4000 of my owner’s money being treated and kept alive.
• Dribbler – And not the ball type! Due to aforementioned tongue and teeth escapade I can’t retain all the water I like to drink so I like to leave it all over the kitchen floor ready for my owners to step in. I hear them talk about always having wet socks and like to think they thank me for that. Must be good to have cool, damp feet all the time.

I am a friendly, approachable, happy dog who loves to meet as many people and dogs as possible. I love to have a fuss made of me and reciprocate by pawing your hand/arm/face/leg and sometimes a lick in the ear. I am a loyal dog who waits on the sofa and looks out of the window anticipating the return of my owners and greet them with a present such as: old sock, slobbery toy, packet from the recycle bin or shoe.
I have good time management skills and a hunger for Anything!

Picture – Off to work as motivational speaker.

[CheeseAtFourpence]

Name: Max
Age: 7

Skills:

• ability to differentiate between different wrappers and containers being opened
  
• can hear the word "sausage" being whispered 3 fields away"
  
• can suck cheeks in to make myself look starved
  
• drool production is in the top quartile
  
• can clear a room in less than a minute with my farts
  
• excellent at removing socks from humans feet
  

Qualities:

• team player, always involved with everything going on at daycare
  
• cheerleader - encouraging other dogs to be naughty
  
• cuddler when humans need cheering up
  

Qualifications:

• beginner, intermediate and advanced dog training
  
• special class clown award

[constantlycuntinglyconfused]

I've really spent too much time thinking about the perfect profession for NooNoo (since my post yesterday - must get hobby).

I've changed my mind. I think NooNoo would make a great spy. She could be used as a honey trap (like I said, very good looking), she also knows when to fight back and when to take a more diplomatic route (see cat wars) and is a good thief and so could nick any documents/plans Bond style. Yip, she would make a great spy (when she's not sleeping that is!).

[duckyisback]

Name: Dolly Dolly Doo Doo
Age: 4 next month
Breed: French bulldog
Adopted at age 7 months

Achievements:
After a hard start in life I was told by more than one vet I would not live to see my first birthday. I am shortly about to turn 4. This proves that I can do anything I put my tiny mind to.

Skills:
I absolutely excel at eating. I have been perfecting this skill for some time now.

I am a great sleeper and can sleep for long periods of time, although I do have a slight snoring issue which means you may not hear your tv.

I am a confident farter, I frequently display this skill in my day to day life. I do enjoy doing this most when we have visitors.

[Tanfastic]

Name: Dillon aka Ninja Dog
Age: 10
Education: Puppy Ninja school, Barking - 2006/07.
Qualifications: Dogploma in combat and espionage (and bum sniffing).
Special skills: *
*
Being able to poo up a lamppost. This has taken me years to perfect and always takes my owners by surprise.
The ability to deceive. I may look cute and fluffy but I'm very vicious. Even the vet is scared of me .

Interests and hobbies:

Lounging
Sausage eating
Hide and seek
Bum sniffing.

[AddictedToRadley]

Name Millie
DOB 23rd April 2006
Age 10 years
Position applied for Mothers help. Au pair. Medical assistant. Counsellor.
Special skills Being able to tell when a 5 month old baby has stopped breathing even when I am asleep and snoring. Ability to bark at owner continuously until she gets help and starts CPR.
Every day abilities Great at knowing when humans need cuddles and cheering up. Accepting everyone as a friend and loving them accordingly. Having the spirit of a puppy even though technically an OAP. Looking after human children as if they were own puppies. Great at listening, even when being told the same thing over and over again.

[AddictedToRadley]

Continued from above:

Millie.....
Special Awards Received Runner up Dogs Trust Dog Of The Year, Dogged Devotion category in 2010 for saving my owner's 5 month old baby after he stopped breathing and my owner didn't know.

[Catzpyjamas]

Pyjamacat says that this recruitment process falls foul of Equal Opportunities legislation and he has asked me to submit his CV with the hope that you will expand your applicant criteria to include feline candidates.

Name Pyjamacat
Age 5 years
Skills The applicant is an extremely proficient negotiator and has experience in procurement both from internal colleagues (host family) and external associations (neighbours). He is resourceful when stocks are unavailable at source.
He is an accomplished communicator and manages his team well.

Preferred Position on top of DDs bed, in a patch of sunshine.
Pay and Benefits Expectations Food, water and bonus to be paid in Dreamies.
Ideal Role Pest controller (will require subservient human to deal with removal)

[LadyLayLay]

Insan1 It's a show type Cocker Spaniel

[Atlas15]

I used to have a gorgeous golden retriever when I was younger. She was a;
Professional vacuum cleaner.
Mice killer.
Foot warmer.
Security guard.
Can give you a paw on demand.
House lacking fluff? Don't worry she can shake and cover you in golden dog hairs.

[insan1tyscartching]

LadyLayLay He is absolutely gorgeous, I've never seen one with hair like that, it really makes me want one. Is he good about the house? How much exercise does he need? Is he groomed at a parlour or do you manage him at home? Hundreds of questions sorry

[LadyLayLay]

Insan1 He's not mine, was just letting you know the breed But the show types are generally pretty placid and very loving!

[Mycatsabastard]

Cats I agree

Therefore I submit girl cat 2's CV

Age: 3
Name: Coco
Lived at present address for 8 months after rehoming from a family whose child had allergies to cats.

Special skills: falling over when someone talks to her, shredding my arm when playing, catching flies and leaving their bodies round the house, inability to jump on anything due to her roundness, loves DD2 so much she sleeps on her bed and lets her stroke her tummy. Eat spiders and biscuits.

[hennipenni]

Rufus (the dufus)

Skills: highly proficient as a teacher, he teaches people to give him treats. If this doesn't work he will bark. Until it does. He's highly skilled in teaching by the way of shaping (until this doesn't work- then will resort to verbal ques)

Self taught beauty therapist, has a degree in sniffing out the best possible sh!t to use. Prefers human but will use fox as a reserve. Will also use horse, rabbit etc. If the above is not available.

Excellent cuddle giver, listener and excels in kisses.

Loves to do agility, on his own terms. Loves to expend energy in the ring by bogging off after the scent of bitches in season who had run the previous day.

Is fantastic at disobedience- why should I do it the way you want to do it, I need to try it my way, please? Please? Oh well I'll do it my way so there.

Love Rufus

[Theimpossiblegirl]

Name: Dodger
Age: 5ish (rescue)
Breed: some kind of Hairy Maclairy lookalike mixed terrier
Likes: food, people, walks, cuddles, food, nature programmes, food, bed/sofa hogging, food.
Dislikes: walks ending, other dogs that look at him funny, cats, rain.
Special talent: can jump over 6 foot fences should he wish to.

[GloGirl]

My dog would be a very good guard dog because he barks at lot at unexpected knocks on the door!

[dietstartsmonday]

Name Jasper

Age 10 months

Education graduated from puppy classes, even though I had a wee in the hall every week without fail


Skills catching food before it hits the floor. Catching drones that are actually still flying. Giving the best cuddles. Managing to be in the way of any door that needs to be opened. barking at absolutely nothing

Seeking employment as a food tester. Any kind I am really not fussy

[Catzpyjamas]

Come on the cats!!

[FeelingSmurfy]

Leadership qualities - runs the house
Powers of persuasion - can get around the toughest of people and end up with a treat
Listening skills - can hear you getting food from anywhere in the house no matter how quiet you try to be
Time keeping - give a treat or take for a walk one day and the following day it will be expected at the exact same time

[practy]

Very characterful black Labrador. Major talents are sneaking into the sofa when no one is looking, smelling out food discarded on the pavement 800 metres away, looking with soulful eyes at visitors eating, and snuggling up fora cuddle. He is also incredibly easy going and I have to closely supervise him around kids, as he will put up with any kind of abuse. His only reaction is to look pleadingly at adults to rescue him, and sometimes a groan. Rarely barks, except at postmen at the door for some strange reason, and when he spots a squirrel.

[PlayingGrownUp]

Name: Jethro
Age: 1.5 years
Breed: Mongrel

Jethro loves to run. He loves to run around the garden leaving his personal running track a permanent feature in grass alongside the fence. When running distance he prefers to go to the beach and sprint in a perfectly straight line for as long and as hard as he can. His greyhound foster brother taught Jethro how to play zoomies which he then taught every other foster dog to stay with him. When playing with bigger dogs he uses tight corners to ensure he keeps ahead. Smaller dogs he uses his unusually long legs to step over them.

Jethro is a student of Harry Houdini and Steve McQueen. He has take lessons from the neighbouring cats how to squeeze through tiny gaps. He has dug holes to tunnel into neighbouring unsecured gardens. He has taught larger foster dogs to move a board put in place to stop him getting through a gap in the fence and was most put out when a newer more secure fence was built. He continues to seek new escape routes.

He is a master thief and if a pedigree smacko is available there is no length he will not go to in order to sniff it out. His record his 3 packets after Daddy made the mistake of not putting them straight into the cupboard so Jethor lifted them out of the bag and stashed them in the shed before gorging himself.

Jethro is an excellent hot water bottle as he likes to lie across your lap when sitting or tight against the stomach when lying down. He does have a bad habit of pushing unsuspecting humans out of bed.

He is the current surveillance system for the entire street as he sits at the upstairs window watching all the cars come down the road and barks at any he doesn't recognise. Thankfully it's a quiet road.

Jethro enjoys watching football and snooker. He also greatly enjoys the Dog Whisperer as well as snoozing on laps.

[daisyduke66]

Name: Fudge
Age:3 years, 5months, 7 days.
Breed: Jack Russell
Highly educated: in the school of 'It's a Dogs Life'.
Special skills: Maintaining the 'puppy dog' look into advancing years to my advantage.
Prize possession: My bone. Often seen with me wherever I go.
Favourite food: Pedigree pouches (specifically in Jelly, has to be pouches)
Likes and hobbies: Love a pamper session, especially Coconut oil coupled with my favourite gold Tangle Teazer. Spend much of my time guarding my little girlfriend, Jack Russell, Toffee.
Favourite item of clothing: My blue bandana.

[BreconBeBuggered]

DoggyBeBuggered, aged 2.
Provenance: rescue, from The Dogs Trust.
Breed: JRT.
Education: elementary. Adolescence proved too much for previous owners.
Skills: Hunting down the following: bin lorries, cyclists, bikes on car roof racks, cyclists, anyone in fluorescent clothing, especially cyclists. Postmen. Local schoolchildren wearing the same kind of uniform as postmen. Cats. Squirrels. Helicopters.
Hiding from: toothbrushes, baths, fireworks. Anything that might be a firework.
Scrounging: cheese, cake, anything in Granny's handbag. Or house. Persuading officially non-dog-loving Granny that only half a pound of whatever snack is acceptable.
Developing mum's muscle tone by means of frequent tuggy sessions. Sometimes I let her win.
Hobbies: watching out for dogs on my telly and talking back to them.

[SingingMyOwnSpecialSong]

Name: Benji
Age: 2.5 years
Breed: Staffordshire Bull Terrier

Current Role: Nanny Dog to 17-month-old girl.
Responsibilities include cuddling; closely supervising bedtime, bathtime and playtime; tidying up after mealtimes; fetching additional human help as required (when mummy asks for daddy); ensuring adequate exercise is taken, coming immediately when my charge calls (even though I frequently ignore her parents).

Other Skills and Interests:

• Pet Bereavement Counselling (I healed my human dad's broken heart)
  
• Stick Refinement and Transportation
  
• Soft Toy and Cardboard Disposal (into little bits all over the carpet)
  
• Security (i will alert you to the presence of someone at the door and see off imposter cats on behalf of our elderly cat, who is the true head of the household and above such menial tasks.)
  

Very happy in my current employment and only interested in temporary additional roles as guest entertainment for visitors. Will only accept indoors role as I refuse to go out in the rain. Renumeration must be sufficient for numerous trips to the vet due to multiple allergies (chicken, egg and porridge also acceptable forms of pay).