Thesaurus results for WORKING DOG

working dog

noun

Definition of working dog

as in guide dog

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Recent Examples of working dog This happens if a dog doesn’t make it through training to become a working dog or when the dog retires. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026 The Great Pyrenees is a large, thickly-coated, and immensely powerful working dog originally bred to guard livestock on the snowy peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain. — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 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 See All Example Sentences for working dog

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Noun

Virginia Prince of California is blind and travels with a guide dog, and claims she has been repeatedly denied Lyft rides because of the service animal, according to the lawsuit.

— Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
Service animals means any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability.

— Julia Avant, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026