To say no to bringing pets into the office?

[muminthenorthwest]

My workplace moved into the realms of the surreal the other week when a colleague asked if it would be ok to bring her grieving cockerel (Leopold) into the office rather than leaving him at home to pine for his lost partner...

I did have to concede that it was probably no more disruptive than my bringing my 8 year old in to work with me, but it just felt a bit too weird somehow...

Why??

(It's got to be asked)

An X-ray?

loving the lift horse was it visiting hours by any chance

When I worked my guide dog obviously used to come to work with me. She had a basket under my desk and she used to sleep there all day (obviously I used to take her out at lunchtime etc). I think any company that refused a guide dog would be on very dodgy ground in terms of the discrimination laws - and even if technically not illegal to disallow a service dog (i.e. guide dog, hearing dog, dog for disabled) into a privately owned company the publicity they would receive if it became public knowledge wouldn't likely do them any good so I would imagine any company would be unlikely to refuse.

I have a parrot and I can categorically state that bringing a bird like that into an office would be a bad idea. They are noisy, messy, temperamental and can be somewhat volatile - there is absolutely no way. A canary or budgie or something that could tweet quietly in a small cage perhaps, but not a parrot..

It was just visiting, honest. Nothing wrong with it. It was a little horse and I have photos somewhere.

did you find the owner or did it just go home on its own , why hasnt this been on youve been framed or something , thats fab

a work place cant refuse a guide dog or hearing dog int he work place , it would be like not allowing somebody inwithout their wheelchair or a stick , of course dogs do a better job than a stick but you get my drift

my manager fed my guide dog haribo. but she was a bitch. (my manager that is not the dog. well actually the dog was a bitch too but...)

Someone brought a parrot into our office once - tenants had abandoned it or something and the housing officers brought it back while they investigated potential homes. It was a beautiful green and blue bird, but it was huge. I can't imagine having something like that in your average house.

I'm getting one, eventually, tooimmature, hopefully not too soon. I'll be inheriting him when my dad is no longer able to look after him. Dd2 will inherit him from me.

The problem with parrots is not how big they are, but how long they live.

Anything louder than a hamster would be a no.

On a good day we have 5 dogs in our office, and another one down the corridor. New visitors have to be asked if they are OK with dogs, and if they aren't the dogs get put into the smaller back office behind a baby gate (although that doesn't always work as my mutt can jump the gate and the big rottie can undo the gate - he's very clever). I dread to think what would happen if someone with allergies was employed. Me and the boss have agreed that once a year we replace the carpet (out of contract) and pay for a deep clean. Sometimes it is still very whiffy though.

Previously I have arrived in the morning to find (alongside the dogs) a giant rabbit (size of a cocker spaniel) and a tiny kitten (being carried around by a rottie). I've also spent a day with a newborn kitten inside my jacket before I could get to the rescue.

I'd love a parrot in the office, but couldn't cope with a chicken - mutt would try to eat it!

Lueji reminded me that we had the school hamster for the Easter holidays in 19 ..... It died so I felt that I should replace it. I bought a similar one at the local pet shop during my lunch break and kept it at work until home time. Unfortunately, it climbed out of its little cardboard box ..........

It was a very small company though and I did find both it and something to carry it in on the bus.

As long as noone was bringing in their depressed cat the same day I'd probably think it was grand, but I like animals and distractions from work.

One of my collegues used to bring her dog into work sometimes and it slept under her desk and was no trouble (we are not in an open-plan office). Someone else complained and we were all banned from bringing pets in due to health and safety reasons, which was such a shame as it lightened the mood and just made the office seem a more welcoming place (and I am not even a doggy person).

Love having dogs at work - one came to my interview .

We don't have an office dog at the moment though I am always asking after my colleague's dogs ("So, are they lonely at home then...?").

A cockerel would be better than nothing, though it is a bit funny to bring your sad chicken to work , and I concede there may be workplaces where it was innappropriate.

welcome only in casserole form....

Office dogs are fab though - so long as they don't bark when you're on the phone! Both my Dads dogs were office dogs and they were great PR the customers loved them and one used to fetch the post from downstairs - scattering the bundle as she went until the posty spotted her and started putting rubber bands round it then she could carry it all up without dropping - most useful.

At a London office where I used to work a woman was interviewed for a quite senior position. All was going well until she said she could only take the job if she could bring her dog in with her every day.

Crikey! She could afford not to get the job then!?? British eccentrics - don't ya just luv 'em?

My DP used to take our dog to work with him sometimes (cool days only) and leave it in the car until lunchtime (windows open - it was a secure car park) then walk it at a nearby park. Quite a few people did this and lunchtime was quite a sociable get together, but then someone complained....so all the dogs got left at home all day instead. The person who complained did so on the grounds it was cruel to leave the dogs in the cars.