Dogs can do some truly amazing things—maybe that's why so many of them are joining the work force!
Service dogs help people with different needs and disabilities handle daily tasks every single day.
And therapy dogs use their natural charm to comfort people who have undergone many different ordeals.
Dogs have even started accompanying therapists to help put patients at ease like Lily sweet golden who helps out survivors of sexual assault.
Recently the Glacier National Park even introduced a dog to the team.
Gracie the border collie's job is to get into touch with her doggie roots, unleash her inner herding dog, and help keep the park's wildlife and visitors separate from one another.
With her cool coat and sweet face, she is obviously become popular to park visitors, making them excited to learn about park safety!
Check below to see more pictures of the sweet border collie turned "bark ranger."
[H/T: Huffington Post]
Border collies are known for their intelligence, agility, and their ability to herd.
And the Glacier National Park is taking advantage of all these traits in one particularly beautiful 2-year-old Border collie named Gracie.
Employed as a “bark ranger,” Gracie and her handlers wander around higher-traffic areas in the park.
But her job is not what you would expect from the friendly-looking herder, who helps scare wild animals away from popular park areas.
The rangers try to eliminate as many human-animal interactions as possible, and before Gracie, they usually had to resort to waving their hands and shouting to keep animals away.
But having Gracie around to herd them away is much more affective because they think she is a wild predator, and know to stay away.
She does her herding work roughly twice for week with her handler, to make sure that the animals don't get too used to her being around.
And when she's not shooing the wildlife away, she is busy charming visitors both young and old so that her handler Mark Biel can teach them about park safety.
“No one wants to talk to me, but if they see her they come up and pet her, then I’ve got you,” Biel joked to National Public Radio.
Having a cute dog around definitely gets visitors more excited to learn about the park and respect the systems in place.
And since she has become such a fun, photogenic member of the park, Gracie now has her own Instagram so that fans can keep up with her many adventures.
Between keeping visitors safe from any wild wanderers and being a fun new face for the park rangers, Gracie presence has definitely improved the park!
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