Take Your Dog to Work Day

Well today was Take Your Dog to Work Day. It was created by Pet Sitters International in 1999 to celebrate dogs. If you missed it, you now have 1 year to convince your employer to allow you to take your dog to work next year. If you want to accept this mission, here are some tips. The HR department would probably be a good place to start. Ask around to see if this is something that's been done before or if you know of a competitor/business partner that does this. That should help with the convincing. See if there are any laws or building rules regarding dogs in public places. PowerPoint presentations are always nice, especially if you can include some adorable pictures clip art and of course, statistics. Business people love statistics.

In the meantime, if you think your employer will go for it, you'll have to make sure your dog is people-friendly and well-behaved. No accidents please. And let's not forget, you'll have to do some outfit planning!