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

[Natsku]

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.

If I wasn't OK with dogs I wouldn't have taken the job though, so that's better than the dogs being a surprise after you've taken the job and quit your previous one.

A lot of dog owners think their dogs are "well behaved" and "friendly" when they aren't. I've had dogs growl at me and the dog owner says "it's ok he's friendly" - yeah, right.

Who are you in the company? Are you the boss encouraging people to randomly bring their dogs to work to sit in a shower room?

What does the factory make?

You do know not all dogs slobber. In fact by far the majority don't.

My friend works in a Court and dogs are often taken there. She loves it

Much as I love dogs, I can only imagine the chaos my 2 twits would cause. And they’d definitely cock their legs all over the place due to all the new smells.

There are very few workplaces where dogs couldn’t be allowed as assistance dogs are legally permitted. There are legal precedents which favour the disability of the dog owner over allergies and phobias.

You could have been working somewhere for years and have to leave or make adjustments if they employed someone with an assistance dog.

No I'm just an employee, fairly new here. I just encourage people that are considering bringing their dogs in to do it. Though I don't think they need my encouragement, its clearly a thing here.

I work in a dog friendly office and I'm not a dog person at all. Three of the regulars are fine and leave me alone, but one of them is a pain in the arse and disrupts everything. I dread coming in on the day he is usually in for this reason.

Composites.

Ohh can I bring my beehives? Can long as your calm the bees won't touch anyone!

I was a bit sick in my mouth at ”canine cuddles”.

Not that keen on dogs at work but tolerable if they don’t bark. But keeping them in a shower room all day doesn’t seem very nice for them either.

Would have loved a BYDTWD when I was working but it never happened.
I know it would have been a madhouse but such fun to see all those furry characters playing together or sleeping under the desks.
Toilet trips would have been an issue as we were multiple floors up.😖

I didn't think op was talking about assistance dogs?

I envisioned food for some reason 😜

Composites used in what industry?

Experienced many puppies/new dogs from rescues being brought in to work over the years.

One shat under the bosses desk and another cocked its leg and peed up the coat stand. I don't use the coat stand and just hang my coat from my chair....

So, due to the total chaos and hilarity I would actively encourage it!

Don't give anymore work info out, OP. Not everyone who asks a question does it from innocent curiosity.

I’d love it. My last place of work didn’t allow dogs but did allow local police sniffer dogs in to practise occasionally. It was great watching them work. One of them once showed a rather keen interest in a spare pair of shoes the CEO had in her office.

I’m merely asking as in my industry (pharma) even an assistance dog would not be allowed on site…no way no how. So I’m intrigued as to what industry does allow this?

Many. I work in insurance law specialising in health & safety and undertake site safety surveys. It's fine.

Yes, that’s a balance of needs. Different to people bringing their dogs into the workplace rather than arrange a dog walker.

It’s why they posted. Dog threads are always entertaining

But that’s not manufacturing…

Experienced many puppies/new dogs from rescues centres being brought in to work over the years.

One shat under the bosses desk and another cocked its leg and peed up the coat stand. I don't use the coat stand and just hang my coat from my chair but I'm the minority😆....

So, due to the total chaos and hilarity I would actively encourage it!