20+ Delighted Dogs Who Became More Pawfessional Than Their Owners During Work-From-Home Team Meetings: ‘My dog thinks he’s part of every Zoom meeting now’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jun 30, 2025 4:00 AM EDT

Working from home when you have attention-seeking pets might be the best thing about working remotely, even if it does prevent you from actually doing any work most of the time. 

First of all, they are a wonderful ice-breaker during stressful meetings. We all melt when we encounter a pawdorable puppy or a purrfect little feline popping on our screen when we're in a meeting, even if it is an important one. As soon as their little faces appear, everyone is instantly smiling, and the entire work day immediately gets so much better.

Second, these little rascals know exactly what to do to distract you from work, and most of the time, it is actually working. They will squeak their chew toy, howl and meow, and they will jump on your lap, demanding attention. And what can we say? If our fluffy friends are doing all of that, there is no way we can ignore them and continue working. They are about to get all the love and attention we have to give.

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    "He gets a formal "Good morning, Max" at the start of every team meeting"
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    My dog thinks he’s part of every Zoom meeting now

    It started with one accidental bark during a work call. Everyone laughed. Now he thinks he's expected. Every time I open my laptop, he hops onto the couch, sits
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    perfectly upright, and waits for "his cue." If no one acknowledges him within 2 minutes, he sighs loudly like a disappointed intern. He once dropped his squeaky toy right
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    next to the mic mid- presentation, and I had to say, "Apologies, my assistant is very passionate about this topic." My boss said, "He makes more sense than most
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    of us." And now he gets a formal "Good morning, Max" at the start of every team meeting. We're just living in his office.
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    FeroFarkasNemaKrk OP Last week, he actually left the room halfway through a call — came back 2 minutes later with his ball. Like, "This meeting is going nowhere. Let's play
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    CPOX My dog wakes up from a deep sleep anytime he hears me say "Thank you, good bye" because he knows meeting time is over and it's walkie time
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    Electronic_Cream_780 We used to have an office dog who had her own seat in the boardroom. When she sighed deeply and flopped onto the table it was the sign the meeting was over.
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    I used to take my bearded collie into work and her main job was going outside to herd up the smokers and bring them back into the office lol
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    Charliecausintrouble Yeah sounds about right! Lol Peanut likes to run up to the camera, burp and then run off. He is getting too old to be uncouth. The great dane likes to
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    Ok_Homework_7621 As soon as I sit down, I have a cat on my chair and a dog on my lap. They know to stay out of sight of camera, though, so most of the time nobody can tell. Another cat will sometimes sit behind me and judge everybody.
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    ThatResponse4808 My dog sits on my lap during zoom calls, but people can only see her eyebrows on camera so they thought it was a shirt for the longest time. She finally yawned on one call which put
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    her face in camera and my coworkers were shook hahah. I couldn't believe they thought I wore the same shirt on every single call
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    horriblegoose_ My WFH chair is a bench so it's big enough for my Old English Sheepdog can fit too. Every time she hears the Teams ring she runs and jumps into my lap. I swear she likes to watch herself
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    in the little box on the screen. My coworkers have asked if she signed the NDA. Although the funniest call was my project manager ringing me on a Friday afternoon. My OES was just sitting on the bench
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    dressed like Elton John live at Dodger's Stadium 1975. We were preparing for a costume contest. Shout out to our PM for keeping a straight face and asking zero questions.
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    AnySandwich4765 My pup gets her squeaky pig toy as soon as I take a phone call and throws it up in the air and runs around with it squeaking it. If I tell her to stop she looks at
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    me like how dare you and if I take it off her she throws a temper tantrum and empties her water bowl and dry food bowl... She has me trained so well!! →
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    MissDeeMeanor I worked from home for a year and gave my staffy a bed in the corner of my office so he could keep me company. He preferred squeezing onto my chair behind me so I used to let him as he would just settle and go to sleep.
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    During a Teams meeting he popped up under my arm and sat there for the whole meeting just staring at the screen and occasionally yawning. He started joining for every meeting so I
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    made him Pupperations Assistant Manager with a salary of 5 chimken nuggers a week and a permanent 'Employee of the Month' certificate.
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    Big_Fo_Fo My dog is tall and they can see her walking behind me because her tail is sticking straight up like a shark fin
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