There is nothing I like better than walking into an establishment and being greeted by a dog. Of course I expect this at some of my local pet stores, and at the groomers/daycare facility, but not when I walked into the spice store this afternoon. The dog in question was sleeping on the floor in front of the cash register; he lifted his head and looked up when I entered, then lay back down. Apparently, I wasn’t interesting enough to warrant a second glance!
I must confess, I long for a job where my dogs can be with me all the time. Luckily enough I have been able to bring my dogs to work a couple of times, this requires a lot of work on my part, because Delilah will go through all the waste baskets looking for any food scraps. Once she found a long abandoned ant trap and tried to chew it; thankfully I was right there to take it away from her! I realize if they were at work with me all the time it would become routine and not quite as much work for me.
The upside to bringing the dogs to work is there is a walking trail that runs parallel to the parking lot with easy access from the lot to the trail, so I can easily take the dogs out for a bit of exercise. Which would free me up a lot more time in the evenings that I could use for blogging!
Technically, I am permitted to bring my dog to work with me every once in awhile. However, I am not so sure Shiva is ready for so much excitement. As you say, I think I would end up spending more time keeping her out of the garbage cans than I would doing my job. But it may be fun one day for a couple hours. I love it when others bring their pets in. It helps the day go by so much faster.
It makes me feel better too, knowing they are with me. 🙂