{"id":12129,"date":"2019-06-20T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/?p=12129"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:11:09","slug":"why-i-cant-take-my-dog-to-work-on-take-your-dog-to-work-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutchcrafters.com\/blog\/why-i-cant-take-my-dog-to-work-on-take-your-dog-to-work-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Can’t Take My Dog to Work on Take Your Dog to Work Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I can\u2019t take my dog to work, and I\u2019ll tell you why in just a moment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, June 21 is Take Your Dog to Work Day and Monday, June 17 was Take Your Cat to Work Day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for bearded dragons, birds, geckos, hamsters, guinea pigs, and all the others, the entire week of June 17 through the 21 was set aside this year for Take Your Pet to Work Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, I can\u2019t take my dog to work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Take
Bela brightening our days at the office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

DutchCrafters is <\/em>a pet friendly workplace and pets are always<\/em> welcome to visit anytime<\/em>. I\u2019m allowed to bring my dog whenever I wish and let her lay down under my desk so I can scratch her head periodically. She can rub noses with the other pets that come and dutifully sit up and tell me when she wants to go out. Except that won\u2019t happen. She would be nervous and most likely make on the floor multiple times, pace and pant to disturb the peace, and generally cause a ruckus that may not be in sync with a productive workday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Take
Crosby is a regular at the DutchCrafters office.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My dog is the type that looks pretty and soft and fuzzy and smiley. She\u2019s gentle and patient. But she will run off if the opportunity arises, steal your sandwich when you\u2019re not looking, lick everything in the dishwasher then accidentally hook her collar on the dish tray and drag it throughout the house, relieve herself in the car during a car ride or in the lobby of the vet\u2019s office when she\u2019s nervous, and generally disgrace me whenever my mother-in-law visits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lady,
All smiles.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Lady
Ready to play.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My dog\u2019s name is Lady. We call her Lady, Lady Rice, Bubba, Fuzznubbit, Nutball, Cutie and recently added Grandma to the list, since she is fast approaching her \u201c17ish\u201d birthday that we chose to celebrate on July 4t<\/sup> each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Stealing
Stealing the yoga mat.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I say “17ish” because when we adopted Lady from the Sarasota Humane Society, they guessed her age as “2ish” and we\u2019ve had her since 2004. Lady is a pound pup, a charity case, a rescue and an unidentified mix of what the shelter and vet believe to be German shepherd and something else. She weighs about 55 pounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lady
Lady selfie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Always devoted to adopting from local shelters, I remember going to the Humane Society<\/a> with my husband John and our girls who were 4 and 5 at the time. We were ready to add a dog to the family again after losing our hound mix Nikki (also adopted from the Sarasota Humane Society) to a brain tumor and her brother Jennings (who we found at a rest stop in Jennings, Florida) to liver failure when they were 11 and 12 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nikki,
Nikki<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Jennings,
Jennings the day we found him.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Jennings
Jennings trapped and caught chewing the sofa cover that he and Nikki chewed on. They both did it, Jennings was just always the one who got caught.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Nikki
Wonderful dogs, but partners in crime.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A volunteer took us up and down the aisles at the shelter to\nview the homeless hopefuls, and after picking out a few, they brought them one\nby one into a separate room so we could spend time with them. None of the three\nwere a good fit. We were about to leave when my husband John, said \u201cWait, we missed\nthis row.\u201d Down it we went and close to the very end was Lady who came right up\nto the front of her pen wagging and wiggling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady came to the \u201ctest room\u201d with us and then outside to the yard for some play. Each time we threw the ball she went running her hardest for it, retrieving it and coming back. She walked alongside John and impressed me with how she kept darting back to where I stood with the girls, as if to check on the two little charges that she had already assumed were hers to protect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lady, in her heyday, was an incredible watchdog, sounding like the meanest, ugliest, fiercest form of Cujo from her side of the door when deliverymen (I\u2019m sorry) or other unknown humans (sorry to all) would knock on the door or walk by our house. Yet she\u2019s been the gentlest, most tender buddy and protector to my daughters (now both in college), who put beads on her, dressed her in clothes, painted her nails, made her wear crowns, checked her with their doctor\u2019s kit, and trapped her in \u201cforts\u201d they made under the dining room table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lady
Lady pulled into “princess play.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Make no mistake, Lady delivered her share of torture to the girls by mercilessly stealing their stuffed animals (and chewing out the eyes), their snacks, and their Easter basket candy. Let’s not mention her habit of darting out the front door and running away as the girls headed out to school, resulting in me delivering two crying children to their elementary school who were sad that their \u201cbad dog ran away again but they still love her.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in between all of that, there was just a lot of loving going on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lady
Has a tendency to hog her toys these days.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Now Lady is old. She does not hear me come in when I arrive home. She\u2019s been diagnosed with significant arthritis along her spine that has caused some nerve damage, which results in difficulty walking. She can\u2019t stand for long, she\u2019s slower getting up, and she takes tumbles fairly frequently. Our vet has her on medication for pain, and now she walks with the aid of a sling. She roams at night more, and it takes time for her to get comfortable. But her appetite is still good, and she still goes after one of her many stuffed toys with joy and alertness albeit her play is more of a tug of war on the floor than throw and retrieve or steal and chase games.  When I am home she follows me everywhere, much more than she did when she was younger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lady
Coming up on 17 years.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Ready
Ready for a walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"John
John with Lady.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Lady has always opened her own birthday presents, tearing off the wrapping paper herself. So, this July 4, I\u2019ll still wrap up her gift and let her entertain us unwrapping it like an excited child. I hope she can still do it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lady,
Lady with her Christmas dinosaur.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to the organizations that rescue pets, care for them, and find homes for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take Your Dog to Work Day was introduced by Pet Sitters International <\/a>in 1999 to recognize and celebrate the importance of the human-animal bond and to encourage employees with no pets at home to consider adopting one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t like to think about what we would have missed if John had not noticed that \u201cother row\u201d where Lady was waiting for us at the end. I\u2019m so glad he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out some of the gorgeous Amish made pet furniture available here at DutchCrafters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a>
The Amish Wood Pet Ramp<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Amish<\/a>
The Amish Double Bowl Dog Diner<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Have you adopted from a pet shelter or rescue? Tell us about them! We’re looking for names, a photo, and your favorite pet story. Feel free to enter your info in the comments below. <\/p>\n

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