{"id":222455,"date":"2025-09-13T02:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/222455\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T02:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T02:46:10","slug":"dog-with-worlds-best-job-explodes-with-excitement-when-he-arrives-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/222455\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog With World’s Best Job Explodes With Excitement When He Arrives At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Ziggy came into Dominique\u2019s life, it was clear he\u2019d hit the jackpot. She\u2019s the kind of person who can\u2019t help but love every pup she meets, so much so that she even built a business to help dogs just like Ziggy.<\/p>\n

Dominique owns and operates the K9 Aquatic Center<\/a> in Washington, D.C., where pups can splash and play in indoor pools to their hearts\u2019 content.<\/p>\n

And Ziggy gets to be her special assistant \u2014 and he clearly loves his role.<\/p>\n

Every morning before work, Ziggy starts his day with breakfast and a walk. Then, he and Dominique take the short drive to the aquatic center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s swimming time, and he can\u2019t wait,\u201d Dominique told The Dodo. \u201cI\u2019m usually too slow for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

As soon as they park, Ziggy is raring to go \u2014 ready to start his day at what, to him, must be the very best job in the world.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a glimpse of his morning routine:<\/p>\n

Before their other canine clients arrive, Ziggy has the pool \u2014 and accompanying toys \u2014 all to himself.<\/p>\n

And he loves every minute of it.<\/p>\n

But the pools at K9 Aquatic Center aren\u2019t just for horsing around in. They\u2019re also changing the lives of dogs with therapeutic needs.<\/p>\n

\u201cI opened the pools almost ten years ago, and I met and am meeting incredible dogs,\u201d Dominique said. \u201cWe have some senior dogs who would not be walking if they were not swimming. We have dogs who come for exercise, some when they are older and have pains and aches, and some who come post-surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut no matter the reason they are coming, they are all having fun!\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Ziggy, in fact, once swam for reasons other than fun. As a puppy, he had an injury that made normal exercise difficult. So, Dominique swam with him instead.<\/p>\n

And though he\u2019s long since healed, he\u2019s never looked back.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Swimming] has a soothing effect on him,\u201d Dominique said. \u201cIt\u2019s just his happy place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Pittie<\/a>Pittie Walking On Treadmill Shows Everyone How She Feels About Exercising”This was like a, \u2018Ha, take that, guys, this is what you get for making me exercise!\u2019\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Ziggy came into Dominique\u2019s life, it was clear he\u2019d hit the jackpot. She\u2019s the kind of person…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":222456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19258,4654,159,10235,19257,19256,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-222455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-daily-dodo","9":"tag-dogs","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-standard","12":"tag-stephen-messenger","13":"tag-the-dodo","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115194703811876430","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}