Rescue Dog Prompt

Rescue Dogs

By: Bizzie Bowers

Did you know that many dogs like Border Collies, Golden Retrievers, Australian Shepherds, and  Labrador Mixes work very hard in there life span? I know this because after reading the two articles “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder and “Hide-and-Seek-School” by Vivienne Lenk. I found out Working dogs are not just pets. These animals are trained to perform jobs. In this essay I will compare and contrast the wonderful dogs in both of the stories.

Both dogs from “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder and “Hide-and-Seek-School” by Vivienne Lenk are alike in many ways. The dogs are both trained to preform a certain task. In “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder the text states that the   “Border collies are trained to gather stock, or farm animals, and bring them back to their owners/masters. In “Hide-and-Seek-School” by Vivienne Lenk the avalanche dogs are trained to rescue people if they get hurt or are buried in the snow at a ski resort in Colorado. The dogs are also both tested to see how skilled they are at the task they are given. In “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder the text states that the “Border collies are told to to do something and they automatically do it”. For example the owner of the border collies David will say “Jack! Come by!” and the border collie will run and herd up to 50 sheep to where David wants them to go. In “Hide-and-Seek-School” by Vivienne Lenk the text states that “The handlers run and hide, perhaps jumping into a hole in the snow and the dogs will find them”. When the dogs get older and have been trained for a longer amount time the owners start to give them more difficult task. For example, The owners/trainers will burry themselves in six foot pile of snow. When the dogs have finished all of there training programs they have a test where they have twenty minutes to find two avalanche “victims” in the snow. This is how these amazing dogs are very similar in numerous ways.

 

 

 

 

The dogs from “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder and “Hide-and-Seek-School” by Vivienne Lenk are different in many ways. In “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder states that the border collies are trained to herd sheep and other animals. In “Hide-and-Seek School” by Vivienne Lenk the dogs are trained to find avalanche victims in the case of a avalanche. The dogs are also trained in very different places. In “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder the border collies are trained in a large farm. In “Hide-and-Seek School” by Vivienne Lenk the dogs are trained at a ski resort in Colorado. The dogs are are used in different ways to. In “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder the dogs are used to herd sheep and show people what they do. In “Hide-and-Seek School” by Vivienne Lenk the text states that the dogs are used for rescue missions and to help people that have been caught in a tragic avalanche accident. This is why these heroic dogs are different in many ways.

In conclusion the dogs from “It’s a Dog’s Life” by Rebecca Upjohn Snyder and “Hide-and-Seek School” by Vivienne Lenk

do not need to be thought of as just dogs. These dogs should be thought of as heroic dogs that help people and save there lives. So, if I ever got caught in tragic avalanche I would want one of these amazing dogs to come save my life. Now when you see a dog working hard, think of he or she as a dog preforming a job they were trained to do not just some pet that you would hang out with or play with.