Take your dog to work day: building awareness of shelter dogs

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Take Your Dog to Work Day is an initiative started by Pet Sitters International in 1999 as a way of celebrating what fantastic friends and colleagues dogs make. The goal of the initiative is to encourage adoptions from shelters and rescue centers. TYDTWDay is celebrated every year the first Friday after Father’s Day. Even Bo Obama was snapped taking part!

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The concept behind Take Your Dog to Work Day is to inspire people to adopt by showing them how lovable your furry companion is. This message is made much more powerful because it’s so unusual to see a happy bouncy pooch during the daily grind. To keep TYDTWDay a successful and thriving initiative, it’s important to be mindful and responsible when bringing your dog to work.

If this is your first TYDTWDay, or you’re working somewhere new since last year, here are some great tips to make sure you, your pooch, and your co-workers make the best of this exciting event.

Take Your Dog to Work Day: Building Awareness of Shelter Dogs

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If the company you work for doesn’t celebrate TYDTWDay, don’t worry! It may take a little legwork, but you may be able to convince your employer that it is a worthwhile idea. After all, it is only one day each year and it’s a great morale booster.

In fact, many companies have found that their employees are happier and work production is increased when people are allowed to bring their dog to work. If you’re considering bringing your pup to work on Take Your Dog to Work Day, there are a few things you’ll need to consider.

Letting Everyone Know

After getting permission from your boss or the company, the next step is to let everyone know about Take Your Dog to Work Day in advance.

Send out some emails and encourage questions and discussion, and print out flyers or posters. If your workplace has a large community space like a cafeteria, put some posters up there too.

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Make Sure the Premises are Pup Appropriate

Offices are often jokingly seen as pretty safe places to work, but your dog is going to see it in a whole new light. Dogs will see wires as chew toys, boxes and paperwork as wonderful rustling forts, and workplaces tend to have lots of stationery and other small bits and bobs around that your dog might want to gets his chops on.

All these things are going to be quite exciting from a doggy point of view. On the day before TYDTWDay, check around and remove any hazards. You can even get down on your hands and knees so you can check out what your pooch will see at his eye level – you might be surprised what having a new perspective can bring up.

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