working dog
noun
: a dog suitable by size, breeding, or training for useful work (such as draft or herding) especially as distinguished from one suitable primarily for pet, show, or sporting use
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Great Pyrenees and Rottweilers are both working dog breeds, bred for guarding and assisting tasks.
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
These puppies, believed to be a collie-working dog crossbreed, were left in the park, posing a threat to the local wildlife.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Maple’s new role demonstrates how specialized detection skills can be adapted to protect critical pollinators, and how a working dog’s career can take a second life, for the benefit of both bees and beekeepers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
This is how many working dogs think in and out of their respected fields.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
These puppies, believed to be a collie-working dog crossbreed, were left in the park, posing a threat to the local wildlife.
—Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
Maple’s new role demonstrates how specialized detection skills can be adapted to protect critical pollinators, and how a working dog’s career can take a second life, for the benefit of both bees and beekeepers.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2025
This is how many working dogs think in and out of their respected fields.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Working dog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20dog. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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