Sounds to me like an absolute nightmare, putting many dogs together ensures some of them won’t like each other and will create a bark fest, triggering other dogs to bark too. Dogs might be pack animals, but their pack is with its humans and it will try to protect its pack from other packs
We did a "bring your dog to work day" at my workplace and this is pretty much how it went. By noon, all the dog-bringers had taken their pets home.
Personally I don't mind, but I find it problematic mostly because not everyone can be around dogs, be it because of allergies or past experiences.
Like literally anything else in the office, ask the question and respect people's limits. It can add to a workplace culture but not enough to overcome making someone uncomfortable. My dog is hypoallergenic so it occasionally gets special visitation privileges.
Hard no for me. People feel way too entitled to bring their dogs everywhere. Your being a pet owner doesn't mean everyone else also has to love and want to be around your dog. I'm afraid of most big dogs and if I had to routinely encounter them at work, I'd be looking for a different job. I'm also very allergic to them and despite taking allergy meds every day, I'd be miserable with dogs in a shared space I couldn't escape.
I prefer they don't. I've worked in places that allowed dogs, and mileage varies. Some dogs are adorable and well behaved, but then you have annoying ones. I hate trying to think how to solve something and be randomly interrupted by barking.
I don't trust other people are good pet owners. In my experience, most dog owners are not good dog owners. The problem is that every dog owner thinks they're a good dog owner, including myself.
I would like to take my dog to work, but if it means allowing others to take theirs into my workplace, I'll pass.
Hard to imagine a dog wearing safety boots, hardhat, hi-vis vest and safety goggles while also having completed the proper safety training to enter the jobsite
I would find it awkward if not only my colleagues but also their pets would suddenly be in my home. I would need to wear pants and I don't even know how everyone would fit in here. There's not enough space.
No way. I own two, and have had to deal with too many other dog owners. 95% are flat-out delusional about their cutie smooshums.
If a workplace:
Then sure, have fun.
Otherwise no. For the sake of those with allergies, those with a fear of dogs (some), those who can’t stand the noise/smell/distraction (me), it’s cruel to impose your pet upon others in places where that is not the default; if you work at a pound that’s different. If you need accommodations, by all means, seek those out, but those should aim to negatively affect other people as little as possible.
Terrible, my colleagues all seem to love it though. It smells bad and when both the chihuahua and big dog are in together the barking takes me out my flow constantly. They now know I don't love them licking my hands from under the table suddenly so the owner will fetch it. Was annoying when I just started and folks assumed everyone likes it.
I love dogs, but I have OCD, and their fur is a huge trigger for me. It might be my biggest one these days. Some people have allergies.
I think unless it is a service dog and you need the dog with you at work, leave the dog at home.
I am not a dog lover. I find them needy, melodramatic and hierarchical: some of the features that I try to avoid in humans.
I work in an office around one day a week which often has more dogs than humans - since one of the regular staff has two dogs. In general, however, they aren't much of a problem. One frequently nudges people's elbows to get attention and howls whenever a phone rings. Another gets in the way of the door an awful lot - resulting in the owner installing a child gate at an inner doorway, and another has been traumatised in the past and needs to be taken out whenever a fire alarm test is due. However, this is not more that the needs and quirks of other people, really, and is fairly easy to work around.
I am glad that I do not have to work in that office all the time, but overall it is not a big deal.
I personally like it when my coworkers bring their dogs. They're chill so they can hang out without being rambunctious and loud, and they help with stress. I like it when they sleep at my feet, or poke my leg for some pets. I understand why some people in the comments don't want them but honestly it greatly improves my day when they're here.
We don't have any coworkers who are allergic, but if we did, it would naturally be a dealbreaker.
Everybody bringing their pet in a corporate environment with lots of employees sounds like a nightmare. But I work at a small company and one of my colleagues used to bring their sausage dog to work, and everyone loved it
Dogs are great. If it farts, it has to go. I will not suck dog farts at my workplace.
Not like a dog farts. The horror of sucking in the festering, rotten, putrid fart of a dog, whilst their owners joke and make light of it.
Depends on the dog.
I have three pups and two of them just would not handle it well.
The other would behave well enough, but no work would get done, that dog is a total slut for pets lol.
