‘The office stank, because somehow my boss thought it would be a waste of money to get it professionally cleaned’: Swiss employees struggle with their bosses’ neglectful dog parenting, turning their office into an unsanitary nightmare

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Oct 6, 2025 11:00 AM EDT

Entitled dog pawrents are the worst, but when they are your boss, then not only are they the worst, there is nothing that you can do about it. Which is exactly what happened to a whole office of unwitting Swiss employees, who had one of their bosses decide that it was appropriate for them to raise their new pupper within the confines of their office.

Now, obviously this person had not raised a puppy before and was woefully aware of how much time and energy such a choice takes and how inappropriate an office is for that process to take place. And before long the employees were the ones paying the price for their boss' decision with broken toys and bones strewn all over the office. And while we wish that was the worst consequences that this poor pupper related decision had in store for the office, they were far from the worst…
 

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    I work in an agency, where its an pretty easy going workenvironment. I love animals, i'm more of a catperson, but i have nothing
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    against dogs in general. HOWEVER... First my direct manager decided he wanted a puppy. Very cute dog, but beeing a puppy it
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    beagle wearing black framed glasses sitting at an office desk
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    ofcourse wasnt good at signaling when it needed to go outside etc. So since he didnt have anyone at home to watch the dog, we just and to endure
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    this little pup in the office, peeing everywhere on the carpet, leaving chewed up bones everyhwere, as well as creating a huge mess with said
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    bones and broken toys. The office stank of dog pee, because somehow my boss thought it would be a waste of money to get it
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  • Ah, heck naw. This has bad news written all over it, to begin with, the office is none of our favorite places to visit. But then you add this madness on top, and you have a recipe for quite the heinous way to spend a working day. We can only pray for these poor employees that they were offered some sort of respite from the smell.

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    professionally cleaned until the pup was better at holding it in untilt they go for a walk... this went on for 3 months! And only
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    then because enough people and a client complained anonymously, he finally cleaned the peestains. Now the dog is a bit over a
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    year old, and quite well behaved. I was so happy this was over, as it was really uncomfortable for everyone at times, but it was just excused with "oh
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    but she's a puppy"... I cant bring my baby (if i had one) and let it pee everywhere no?! You organise yourself or dont get a d. n dog if you
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    cant take care of it propperly!!! Now almost 6months later, our Top level boss, decided its her time to get a fricking dog.
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  • Oh, that is one heck of a slap in the face. As if the ordeal of urine universally stinking up the office was not bad enough already, an even busier and less present pawrent is now going to bring their own dog into this madness? When will people begin to pay attention to the world around them?

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    Not a small one either, its about one of the biggest breeds possible. She's terrible of taking care of it. Its a huge puppy, it got some UTI and was
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    smelling terrible for the first few weeks, peed everywhere which smelled even worse ofcourse, and she leaves the toys everywhere. The whole office looks
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    like a mess, but we just need to accept it, cause its our boss. I hate it. This has convinced me to never get a dog. I pray for the day
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    they'll leave their d.n animals at home. Dogs dont belong in an office, they need more movement, more playtime and more attention. its terrible
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    for them and terrible for everyone else around them. We have people who are scared of dogs, and feel like they cant work if this calfsized dog runs around in
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    the office. But she wont care, or feels its a personal attack | if we do speak up. feel bad for the dog, and i'm annoyed at my bosses decisions in life.
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    Dragonfl... Sorry that's been your experience. Well behaved dogs in offices can be great, they're doing it wrong. You shouldn't give a puppy in training
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    free-run of your house, and certainly not a shared workspace. Everybody in my office walked their dogs before work, and the dogs would play outside at lunch. Most also
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    participated in dog sports and other activities outside of work. Office hours were quiet time because their exercise needs were met.
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