Friday, June 15, 2012

Dogs at work

While watching the local Boston news this morning, we heard a story about some businesses allowing dogs in the workplace. Here is a link to the story at the Boston Business Journal website.

I like this idea but I could also see where you'd have to take a firm hand and not allow all dogs in. Having a dog fight in the office wouldn't be a good thing and having dogs who aren't trained could lead to some smelly problems. We do have one dog in our office, though. The fellow to the right, Craig, has a certified service dog who has recently joined our organization. The dog can do a lot of things including opening the door and getting items that are out of reach. He is a very well behaved dog and normally you can't even tell he is in the room. Craig brought him around to introduce him to everyone and let us know what we should expect. The hardest part is to not bother them while they are working. He is a very friendly dog.

Pets in our office go way back. When there were only twelve of us in the company and we were still working in the barn behind the owner's house, their dog Sally would often come in to spend time with us. Later, they got two cats who enjoyed roaming around and investigating what we were working on. One of the cats, Garnet, liked to jump up and sleep in my lap. But only when he'd been outside in the rain. I was a good place to dry off. But for as bad as that seems, I really looked forward to rainy days. Garnet would listen to my problems and purr away. Nothing seems so bad when a cat is telling you, "Everything is going to be OK."

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