Overview
- The New York City pet-food brand posted two contractor roles on its careers page this week that pay up to $1,000 an hour.
- The listings describe one job that checks canine breath up close with detailed scent notes and another that gathers dog kisses in parks and rates each interaction.
- Duties include building a simple breath rating system, keeping careful observations, and recruiting local dog “ambassadors” to feed real-world insights back to the team.
- Coverage links the work to testing and promotion of PupGum, Spot & Tango’s dental chew pitched to freshen dog breath and reduce bacteria.
- Health experts quoted in reports warned that dog saliva can carry harmful bacteria such as Capnocytophaga canimorsus, and the company has not yet commented after inquiries, with a similar internship last year listed at about $25 an hour.