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Lately I feel like I’ve been working non stop, it’s like there’s no end in site. I just get close to some down time and something else comes up that swings me back into crazy long days or weekend work. Not to mention everything around the house that we are trying to get done before the snow hits. The weekend work the last while has been with my oldest son Jake. Teaching him that not all things come easy, if you want things hard work will be the way to get them. The term working like a dog comes to mind but that can’t mean our dogs ?

Yes, the more I think, obviously not talking about our dogs over here. Closer inspection reveals the only job they have seems to consist of only 4 things: eat, sleep, play and of course bark at the tv or window. I wonder if I could be hired, I would even take a pay cut to get a chance at this position, all four of our dogs are in the fight monthly for employee of the month. Not sure what the employee of the month gets them, maybe an extra treat or snuggles in bed. While I sat on the couch and snuggled Charlie , all awhile observing their hard work every day, I suddenly wondered where the phrase “work like a dog” originated? Clearly this phrase was not talking about the domesticated family pet I see to me left that is stretched out over 3 couch cushions and snoring peacefully. Definitely the hard working dogs did not align exactly with what I was observing in my own dogs.

So where did the term working like a dog come from ? Some dogs do work and work hard. More common years back as dogs did work, today still working dogs exist. Long before ours were given life. The Rottweiler for existence has a heritage of pulling carts for farmers, butchers, bakers, merchants and families in the marketplace of Europe.

The Border Collie was and still is a farmers best friend, keeping Herds together of various animals. It’s so engrained in a Collie’s traits that they have been known to heard anything and everything, even cats and children.

Hunting dogs and retrievers still do there thing from days of old.

Service dogs that have extensive training helping the disabled or sight impaired. Dogs that are therapy dogs, bringing joy to seniors homes.

Military working dogs and even detection dogs, doing bomb detection.

Police dogs are mainly German Shepard’s and my beloved Doberman in Germany that are know as police dogs. Risking there lives daily in dangerous situations for there fellow human officers.

Firemen and women have the Dalmatian at there fire hall.

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