At last! The big day has arrived! Joni has her first job.
Joni comes from working stock and there is nothing that gives her more pleasure than having a job to do…. especially if that job can include chasing her blue ball in her work breaks. This was her second walk as a carrier dog and she carried her blue ball in her saddle bags (along with about 2 pounds of additional weight) on her walk. She gets more exercise this way as the weight tires her out (or it's supposed to, anyway!). She doesn't seem to mind wearing the harness with the pack and still manages to fly over the snow after her blue ball. We thought you would like to see Joni in her new job. (Don't tell her, but the bags don't really contain anything that needs delivering, just some rice and lentils, or water. I don't want to spoil it for her.)
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+Ellie Kennard Your Welcome.
I will, great idea, +Ursula Klepper thanks. 😀
It is an old towel +Ellie Kennard I think you could take any kind of Textil. :o)
+Elaine Sivrais merci beaucoup Elaine!
+Ursula Klepper – what a brilliant idea! I love it. I think that Joni would chew straight through the cloth, but if I have an old one I think I will try it out. 😀 Thanks so much for showing me Mira's work, Ursula.
Maybe you would like to see what kind of "work" our dog (Mira) is doing and I must say she loves to work on this:
;o) +Ellie Kennard
Très beau
+Ellie Kennard Your Welcome!
I really smiled while reading your answer! :o)
+Elaine Sivrais thanks!
Thanks a lot, +Christina Lihani – it's so easy to be a good pet owner when we have such wonderful pets. 😀
Well we are in Canada, +Ursula Klepper so we should have snow! 🙂 But don't be too jealous. You don't have to work for hours to remove it from your drive so you can actually get your car out! (I don't either, of course, but Steven does….) And it is Joni's favourite weather. I think most dogs love the snow. Today she was carrying 3 pounds of flour (about 1.5 kg maybe?) to take to starving people (I told her). We didn't find any on the snowy fields, so we brought it back home. LOL. Glad you like the picture and the story.
Thanks very much +Alex Lapidus
Now you're talking +Leslie Sutton – that is the next job we should get her on. 😀 Thanks.
She was and still is +Giselle Savoie thanks for the comment.
Thank you +Ruval Ruv
She seems to enjoy it, that's for sure, +Heiko Mahr
It is indeed, thanks +Karen Cooper thanks for dropping by, Karen!
Very cool – a busy dog is such a happy sight :o)
Cool.. I guess she will love it..
i like it.
Looks like she is having a blast, great shot!
Great! she's earning her keep now.Super picture
Can't wait to see her pushing the supermarket trolley 😀 She is lovely though!!! Great pic Ellie.
Aww! Great shot!
I had a smile on my face while reading and especially while looking at Joni. This is a great image, you've captured the moment fantastic. She is such a clever dog! :o) …. You have snow! I am so jealous!
+Ellie Kennard Oh, that's pretty neat, the term you made up for it and very creative. I should try that sometime with my boy ace (hes also a border collie) But I don't think hes leash broke enough to be calm enough to cary anything. I got to get him to heal and not go after small furry things or other animals and dogs in general. Hope you have more fun and hope Joni can carry your lens. Thanks for telling me too. Much obliged.
You two are awesome pet
ownersfriends +Ellie Kennard. The photo is lovely and I enjoyed reading the story with it.So Cute!
+Dream Fall​​ well, actually I made the term up, a bit like a carrier pigeon, which I'm sure you've heard of. So the idea would be that she carries things that I might need. So she carries water in bottles and can drink that if she gets thirsty in hot weather. And maybe some treats as well as maybe a lens or two for me? Haven't tried that, so we'll see.
The main thing was that she feels that she has a job.
Thanks for asking. Maybe others were wondering too.
My pleasure, +Ruca Cao​ she is. We love seeing the pictures of your dog, too.
Joni looks cute. I have a question if its alright to ask, what is a carrier dog exactly? I tried looking it up but all that showed was toy breed dog in purses, not what I was looking for. Could you pass some info to someone that's wanting to learn? 🙂
This is great Ellie! Thanks for thinking of me. I'm always happy to see more dog pictures and Joni is a treat.
Awesome!
+Holanda Corella​ 😀 I'll give her an extra pat from you for that. And maybe a little treat (she could do with a little more weight on her anyway). On her ribs I mean, not in her saddle bags. Lol.
Kudos for the working Dog!
Thanks a lot, +Timothy Crooker​
+Shelly Gunderson​ thanks so much, Shelly! She's developing the sweetest personality, too.
She looks great with her bags! Beautiful dog!
Adorable
They grow up quickly, +Henrietta Bradwell so enjoy the fun!
Yes I can see, I'm still walking my friends baby collie,he's the same always so happy!! I love him so much!!!
Thanks +Henrietta Bradwell! She's one happy dog.
Beautiful!!
+Ruca Cao – forgot that you probably would like to see this if you are around. 😀
Thanks so much +Elizabeth Lund (and thank you also for your tact 😉 )
Thanks a lot +Sumit Sen – I noticed that glitch when I was in Picasaweb also. Glad it loaded finally.
+Caspien Tours-ks – thank you
+Debbie Bridgeman – we think so, thanks a lot!
Joni is gorgeous. What a beautiful character ♡
The image opened. Joni looks great !
Wovv wery weryy good
Great read. Unfortunately the latest gplus bug is preventing many images from opening. Not even thumbnails. Will try and check Joni out tomorrow. 🙂
That is awesome +Ellie Kennard she is just too adorable and now is helping too 🙂