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To love it when colleagues bring their dogs to work and want them to do it more often?

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Natsku · 08/07/2026 07:54

I work in a factory and people sometimes bring their dogs in (not on the factory floor of course but in the office side or other rooms where they can safely be - today there's two in the women's shower room) and I love it so much as do many others. But I suppose there's a chance there's some people in the building that don't like dogs/scared of them/are allergic so don't like it, though no one has complained yet.

Most of the factory is on holiday this month so I am strongly encouraging people to bring dogs in while its quiet and less people to potentially be bothered, so I can get some canine cuddles when I need a break from work.

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backformoreofthesame · 08/07/2026 08:11

1/3 of households have dogs
imagine if they all came in - the dog fights the could result

and people who don’t like dogs often don’t speak out because it’s seen as weak or strange

Elbowpatch · 08/07/2026 08:11

No thanks. I can only imagine the slobber in this weather.

Although in Turkey it seems very common to have cats wandering around the workplace.

closureatlast · 08/07/2026 08:10

Just why??

Whinge · 08/07/2026 08:10

my experience has always been that people love dogs even when they don't have one themselves.

I love dogs.

I just don't want them in the workplace.

RaraRachael · 08/07/2026 08:09

I hate dogs being everywhere. I don't dislike dogs but don't want them in every shop and cafe I go into.

My boss used to bring her dog in and took it as a personal insult if some of us didn't make a fuss over it.

There were even some players at Wimbledon complaining that they couldn't bring their dogs. It's a tennis tournament not a dog show FFS.

HouseHouseHouse7 · 08/07/2026 08:08

I love dogs and grew up with dogs in the household but I feel that this plan would be so difficult for colleagues who are allergic or nervous.
I think that everyone would need to agree (without feeling coerced) and it would have to be clear in future job descriptions that the place is dog-friendly so that candidates l can decide whether to apply.

Passaggressfedup · 08/07/2026 08:08

MN is full of posters with issue with dogs. My experience is totally different. Whether work, new friends, pubs, etc... my experience has always been that people love dogs even when they don't have one themselves.

I'm always very conscious that people have a right not to like and want dogs around them, but ever single time I've enquired with absolute openness to people voicing their discomfort about my dog, I get the absolute opposite.

I have one friend scared of dogs following her being bitten by one as a child. So understandable. Even she tries really hard with her friends' dog and is now happy to be around and pet mine. She says it has helped her a lot dealing with her fear.

TheHungryHungryLandsharks · 08/07/2026 08:07

When DH was overseas he actively encouraged colleagues to bring in their dogs. Always said it was the one of the things that kept him going as he missed our dogs so much 😊 when they went out for external meetings they’d leave the dogs in the office in the aircon. And for parties and events he encouraged them as well as lots of their contacts loved dogs.

We have an office cat. I hate it. Pisses all over the office and doesn’t even deal with the mice

Jumbaree · 08/07/2026 08:06

ProfessorGarlick · 08/07/2026 07:57

I don't mind dogs but I really hate them being brought in to work so I'd be one of the silent people annoyed at this but not saying anything.

Agreed. I’d be one of the people silently seething at your intolerable selfishness.

ovals · 08/07/2026 08:06

I’d be over the moon but many wouldn’t.

Whinge · 08/07/2026 08:04

Martymcfly24 · 08/07/2026 08:02

Is that fair on the dogs though to be in a noisy factory all day with strangers at them and not be able to run around just so adults can have "canine cuddles"

Agreed.

It's not fair on staff who don't like or want animals in the workplace, and it's not fair on the animals.

Martymcfly24 · 08/07/2026 08:02

Is that fair on the dogs though to be in a noisy factory all day with strangers at them and not be able to run around just so adults can have "canine cuddles"

LaliqueSaltGrinder · 08/07/2026 08:01

EverMissWicklowSometimes · 08/07/2026 07:58

I'm glad I don't work there! Dogs in a shower room?!

Quite. Beyond ridiculous.

JustKeepSwimmingJust · 08/07/2026 08:00

I hate it, and when junior would have been too intimidated to point out that I’m mildly allergic and rather scared.

yanbu to enjoy it, but in most workplaces, yabu to encourage it

olympicsrock · 08/07/2026 08:00

No thanks !

SummitWrong · 08/07/2026 07:58

Love a dog day in the office. We have regular canine visitors. I leave mine at home because he likes to bark at the big boss

Sartre · 08/07/2026 07:58

I don’t know how I’d feel about this. Some dogs are ok but I don’t like the smell and I absolutely hate jumpy dogs.

MidnightPatrol · 08/07/2026 07:58

I enjoy visiting dogs too OP!

Always very happy to see a dog in the office.

EverMissWicklowSometimes · 08/07/2026 07:58

I'm glad I don't work there! Dogs in a shower room?!

ProfessorGarlick · 08/07/2026 07:57

I don't mind dogs but I really hate them being brought in to work so I'd be one of the silent people annoyed at this but not saying anything.

PurpleLamb · 08/07/2026 07:55

I'm allergic so would hate this. Also had a family member been bitten by a dog and required hospital treatment.

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