Mine are working dogs...and I expect them to listen to others, and encourage it on my part.
Xander, Sawyer and Ripley will all run flyball for anyone else. Anyone who releases them. If I'm standing right next to one of them, but someone else has their harness, they listen to that person first. If I raise my voice in "serious" mode, they will call back if needed...but for the most part, they run for anyone. That's easier on me, and it helps get folks interested in flyball. Jenn/Fenella has been running Xander and Sawyer for me for the past year at least...and look now...soon her own dog will be ready!
Inara isn't ready to trust anyone enough...but that's her quirk...not mine.
Score will perform most anything for anyone...he hasn't run for anyone else in flyball yet, as we're still working on getting him solid first...he's also a bit hard to handle...I don't know if anyone's lining up for the job.
Also...when it comes to therapy, agility or Service work...the boys will work for anyone. I can hand them off to adults, little kids, Hearing or Service clients, and they'll work just fine for them...which is important in respect to the clients. That's how we know what kind of dog works best for them!
"I don't have any idea if my dogs respect me or not, but they're greedy and I have their stuff." -- Patty Ruzzo
"Dogs don't want to control people. They want to control their own lives." --John Bradshaw