Doggy Dream Job
Thought this would be fun 
If you lived in a perfect world where you could have any job making great money off of doing something you love with dogs [ or any other animal ]...what would it be?
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Guess I'll start! I'd love to be a pet photographer! I think it'd be amazing to just take pictures of different pets all day, in all sorts of environments, doing all sorts of things. I think, while pictures can never show any animals true personality...I think they do convey something important.
Now, if only a sustainable income could be made off that ~
If you lived in a perfect world where you could have any job making great money off of doing something you love with dogs [ or any other animal ]...what would it be?
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Guess I'll start! I'd love to be a pet photographer! I think it'd be amazing to just take pictures of different pets all day, in all sorts of environments, doing all sorts of things. I think, while pictures can never show any animals true personality...I think they do convey something important.
Now, if only a sustainable income could be made off that
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or a professional hunter. I'd be out there all day every day.
My dream animal related job would be to work with tigers. If I ever win the lotto I don't play you can bet your butt I'll open up a tiger sanctuary.
If I could do anything, I'd like to be a holistic healer of dogs, someone who works with herbal remedies, massage, nutrition, massage. Not a vet per se, but more a naturopath. While that is not likely to happen, it's more likely than my other fantasy, which is to be a breeder of Shibas. On that last one, I think it's a bit late for me to get into the whole showing thing, and if I'm not showing and active in shiba stuff, I'd just be a BYB which I don't want to be. It's all part of my "fantasty farm" dream life in which I have a little farm with lots of dogs and some goats, and better garden space, and my only job is to take care of the place!
My dream job is having my own wolf sanctuary where I rescue wolves that are in need and wolf dogs I'm sure there plenty of wolf dogs out there that need to be rescued from owners that keep them as a status symbol..
I have coyotes that lives in my fields which I never bother they are free to roam and kill all the bunnies they want to. Luckily we are in the country so they run as soon as they hear me.
sadly someone tried to poison the coyotes or some type of wildlife some person left a whole chicken in my field it had rat poison inside of it.. Grr!
I threw it right away and told everyone that lived near me that happened and how I didn't like it since my dog could have eaten it and died. Nothing like this has happened after I told all the neighbors sadly I had no way of proving who did it.. I mean we are in the country you expect deer, coyotes, fox, and badgers don't you? Don't like it move to the city.. It made me so sick to find out it had rat poison inside of it and in between the chicken's skin.
That's one of the reasons I want to work on educating people on these wild animals. Urban coyotes are scary due to their bold behavior, but from my experiences country coyotes or at least the ones in my area run the other way when they see me walking.
That's why I walk in the trails with a big stick so far everything runs away I mean the dogs rabies tags makes enough noise to wake the dead so that helps.. lol
I think coyotes are gorgeous, but I do have some mixed feelings about them as they are so bold where I live....they come into the yard, they attacked my girl Shiba, and some of the big ones don't seem afraid of people at all...And they've chased all the foxes away
But they live here, and there's nothing to do it about except to try to be vigilant about my dogs....And I do like hearing them at night even if it sets Bel into fits of crazy, protective barking!
ok, sorry for the hijack, but that thing about the chicken really set me off....
My dream-job is being a writer and I would sooo much love to breed Shikokus and/or Czechoslovakian Wolfdogs... Since as a writer I could work anywhere I wanted to, both dreams could be combined... I could work at home or somewhere in the woods with the dogs or on the beach etc...
What a luck, that my heart beats for more "exclusive" breeds like NK and CW. A friend of mines who breeds GSD told us what she had to pay and what she earns for one litter and what remained was well... hardly anything. With "more expensive" breeds you don't become rich as well, but it would be enough to pay the dog-food, taxes and maybe to put something at the side for the vet, if you have at least two breeding-bitches.
But dogs have become my life. I would keep and maybe breed them occasionally even if I get no money out of it at all, as long as I can afford it!
I'm young and I will at least try to let my dreams become reality!
Right now, I'd like to eventually open up a small Conservation Center for Exotic Felines (hopefully within the next 20 years or so - when I'm not traveling as often for long periods of time). Beginning with private ownership of a small "wild" feline and then eventually my Cheetah =p. I strongly support responsible private ownership of exotic felines in the "right" hands. I believe the cats do better in this kind of environment. I don't think a zoo is the best environment for them. I want my 100 acres for a reason and I'm still not sure 100 acres will be large enough for what I want, lol. I want to give them lots of space for privacy and a sense of natural environment. Yet, at the same time I want to give them all "one on one" attention and a forever home...really the 2nd best thing to "the wild". Since they will need to interact with a limited amount of humans...for safety reasons...they will need to be trained and socialized as best as possible. My Conservation Center would include various smaller felines, Caracals, Servals, Cheetahs, Jaguars and Leopards. Right now I have no intentions of having a Tiger or Lion. I did at one point want to focus on Tigers...but after doing lots of research I've decided that the Tiger is not suited for me and best to be admired from afar. However, I *may* not be opposed to taking in a Lion someday as well. We shall see what the future will bring forth.
I also want to train animals of all kinds for TV/Film work (those that are suited for this kind of work).
Meanwhile...I'm doing Doggie Daycare & Kennel work, as well as Dog Training to keep me occupied until I can work up to my "Dream Animal Job(s)".
In the end though...I'm just super happy working with my personal animals. And in life...that's really all I want to continue doing. Animal Breeding, Care, Training, Sportwork/Activites and Conservation. If I ever had a purpose for existing...it would be for the animals. I simply cannot live fully without them. A life is just worth living with and for another life.
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*** I love writing but apparently spelling isn't my strong point, lol!
Having loads of money and time, I'd probably try my hand at breeding too.
When I was younger I wanted to live in Alaska with my husky and photograph wildlife. Now that I'm older and sans husky, I want to do landscape photography. I've sold a couple of my pics, but not enough to make a living off of it! I've done photos of golf courses for my company and for ad campaigns, but their camera, their dime, their property.