Odd Jobs #5:Deer Urine Farmers to Embalmers

I thought I’d switch gears for the weekend from my daily post challenge, to continue with an odd topic:  Odd jobs.  This batch has some doozies; people actually get paid to eat dog food, or smell a dog’s breath!  And while the deer urine farming sounds intrinsically disgusting, the purpose is even more dubious in my opinion:  To lure bucks to their deaths through hunting with the urine as bait.  Whatever happened to fair play… giving the buck a fighting chance?  I think I’d much rather prefer training dogs to surf, or wrangling ducks or training elephants; or maybe we could even come up with a job that combines all three!  Enjoy perusing the jobs below – just click on the links to learn more about each.

Dog Food Taster – Photo Credit: Nancy Rica Schiff

• Deer Urine Farmer
• Diener (Forensic Morgue Technician)
• Dog Food Tasters: Hired by pet food companies to test the quality of their products. They also evaluate the nutritional value, and usually spit out the food once they taste it.
• Dog Sniffer: Once a week, they analyze the odour of dog’s breath to test the effect of their diet on their teeth. Breath is graded on a scale of zero to 10 and is categorized as sweaty, salty, musty, fungal or decaying.
• Dog Surfing Instructors: Found at certain ocean resorts:  People you pay to teach you and your dog to surf. 
• Doorman
• Duck Master: Some hotels hire these to take care of the ducks in their pond and parade them around the grounds.
• Elephant Trainer
• Elevator Inspector
• Embalmer