Restless rescue dog becomes the calmest canine office companion his pawrent’s manager has ever seen after spending a week on the job, turning her colleagues into: ‘ a bunch of boys, playing with Venture and talking babytalk. It makes their day.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jan 26, 2026 2:00 PM EST

Bringing your dog to the office with you is a dream that so few of us pupper pawrents ever get to indulge in, but the story we have lined up today tells a different tale. And while it might not display in office pupper pawfection, it does an idea of how to get your doggo into your office, at least on a trial basis.

That being said, be warned, it is an endeavor that is full of pitfalls and highly likely to go wrong in so many different ways. But there is no denying that the moments in which it goes right are worth all the risk. So it began with this pawrent noticing that most of her office was away, including the managers. A great time in any case getting to work with so little oversight. But this pawrent was not satisfied with just a little more leash in her office environment, no no, she decided it was the pawfect time to push her luck and make a move towards getting her pupper approved to be in the office with her.

With some gentle convincing she made it happen and soon enough her pupper partner was velcroed to her side and her desk. From there things were varied, with some delightful good behavior and some slightly less impressive moves. But overall this serves as a great guidebook to any pupper pawrent who is desperate for their pupper to come to work with them.

 

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    "Why not ask if I can bring my dog?"
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    Last week most of my office was gone on vacation which left me alone 80% of the time after a remote manager left in the mornings. I was eyeing the clock on Monday when I was struck by an idea: Why not ask if I can bring my dog?
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    It wasn't an outlandish request, since dogs have been here a couple times a year here before, and more recently too. I texted my managers and they said yes! I'd just run it by the manager who was
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    coming in to cover for them in the mornings, since he's not a big animal lover. But he was fine with it! I adopted my dog a month ago, so there are still situations I can only guess how he'll react to. I
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    thought this was a perfect chance to see how he'll do at work since they'll be no one else around to bother. This is how it went... Tuesday
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  • Honestly, a genius plan. And one that brings a question to mind. Seeing as many of us pupper pawrents are not so inclined to take vacations during summer break when our colleagues with hooman children usually take a break. Why not have those weeks become a time for pupper pawrents to bring their canine children into the office? It is the pawfect time, half the office is away, work loads are more relaxed and us fur baby fathers and mothers get to feel a little closer to our pups. Everyone wins.

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    -Packed a tote of toys, treats, and po bags and told Venture to be on his best behavior. -He did his business outside and walked around the parking lot and building for him to sniff and get
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    a lay of the land. Brought him inside and let him sniff around, then I shut every door except to my office and the covering manager's office. -Venture greeted those in the building like a good boy.
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    -Since people were still in the building I really wanted him to be good and not bother them, so I tied his leash to my chair so he'd stay put, but then he'd just bite the leash. So I also gave him his rawhide which kept him busy
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    for most of the morning. I take it away because he already ate a large portion and I didn't want him to get sick (and I wanted it in case he got bored later) -Everyone leaves except me and the
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    covering manager. I take Venture off the leash. The rawhide made him a mess so I went to wipe off his legs and made myself some coffee. He's a velcro dog, so he follows me as I move around. I sit back down and he
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    sniffs about outside my office, no big deal, I just eye him. -I see him squat...HE's PË NG INSIDE. OH GOD. RIP ME. It's so little but still. I quickly take him outside to finish and sniff
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  • Ok, we might need to go back on our previous statement. This could be a problem. Dogs doing their business inside is bad enough when it happens in their own home. But when you take that accident and put it in an office, well, let’s just say that is lacking in pawfessionalism. And if you were to have several dogs in the same office, then you could very well find yourself the subject of a pee party pretty quickly. Then again, the same could reasonably happen with hooman children, and they would be far more blameable than a doggo who dosen’t know better. But we digress…

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    around, hoping the manager didn't notice, but resign myself he will see me clean it up...Ugh. Well the worst thing that could have happened happened I guess. I'm so embarrassed. I clean it up best I can without drawing
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    attention. The manager says nothing but he MUST have figured it out after walking by the clean up wet spot ten minutes later...(He never does bring it up.) -Venture lays behind my chair thinking
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    about dog stuff while I drink my coffee and work. -I take him into the bathroom with me when I go. He tears up a papertowel on the floor.
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    -Covering manager is still here by lunchtime. I have been anxious all morning that Venture would annoy him. Even though he's been fine (other than his accident) I rethink bringing him in, and
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    wonder if it was a mistake and I should bring him home, but its only been a few hours and should give him a chance to see how he does all day. Plus, I'll feel better once manager leaves because then it's just us.
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    -Manager takes a long phonecall and I call Venture back from wandering into his office. I shut Venture in my office and he lays down for a while. I hear and smell manger heating up his lunch, and so does Ven,
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    because he's sniffing all around my door. No way I'm gonna open the door now. -I eat my lunch while throwing a squeaky ball down the hall much to Venture's delight. The squeaky ball is LOUD. (He got them the day before,
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    and I couldn't find the non-squeak one to bring) so I take him outside to play fetch, but its too hot and everything is new to him there. -I wanted him to get some energy out so I take him for a 20
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    min walk. I forgot a poop bag, but I know there is a dispenser on the route so I take one from it, but he only pc ps in the woods so I don't need them. It's an industrial street so lots of trucks/vans
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    etc and the people driving by smile at the sight of a dog. -Venture walks into manager's office and comes back to me with a stolen tissue from his trashcan... -Manager leaves and Venture naps or
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    chews toys for the rest of the day in between potty and fetch breaks. -Lots of "capturing calmness" training throughout the day by dropping a kibble when he's laying down.
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    -He's in obedience school so we do homework training for twenty minutes before we leave each day. Wednesday -Venture settles in quickly at my feet, now knowing my
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    office is the place to be. He chews his toys a little but mostly just hangs out. -Manager leaves around 10:00am. I take Ven out every two hours ever since his accident day one. (I cleaned it again
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    and it disappears more.) It gives him time to sniff around and his content for a while whenever we come back. He finds a chipmunk at one point. -Another time he ps and to my (and his horror) his
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    it's dangling from his butt by my long hair he's swallowed. He freaks out until its out. Tankfully I don't have to intervene...I'm just glad no one was around to witness. -We have visitors! A mailman drops
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    something inside. Venture barks, oops, sorry mailman. Later some employees stop by to pick up supplies and are THRILLED there is a dog! These grown men turn into a bunch of boys, playing with Venture
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    and throwing his (now non squeaky) ball, talking babytalk. It makes their day. -He naps most of the day especially after his walk. I give him a bone filled with frozen PB and a blanket to lay on.
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    He's really impressed me! Thursday -Manager stays most of the day which keeps me on edge since I don't want Venture to bother him. (Again, this manager isn't a
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    dog lover. The fact he never pets Venture makes Venture a little wary. Sorry Ven, not everyone will pet you in life!) Manager assures me he's fine. Then 10 min later Venture brings me an empty cup from his trash...
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    -Venture is more active today so I give him his rawhide/PB bone to keep him busy. He bites the blanket now so I take it away.
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    -A visitor...a policeman! I shut Ven in my office. He's here to update business contact info and goes on his way. -We go on a walk early and play ball inside. It did the trick and he settles down
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    for the rest of the day. -At one point he finds an ANIMAL BONE (squirrel femure?) outside. He does not want to give it to me. Yuuuuuck.
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    Friday I opted not to take him to work for a couple work related reasons where I didn't want to worry about him, much to his disappointment. Take Aways
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    -He was like a different dog! At home after work he can be a brat with his pent up energy, but having him with me all day he was more relaxed, unable to sleep the day away, and had short bouts of
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    sniffing and play. So after work all he wanted to do was nap when we got home. It was amazing! Alas...short lived, but I look forward to when we can trust him to have free reign of the house while
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    we're gone. -Staying vigilant is draining. Because I didn't know what to expect I worried a lot, especially the first day or when people were around. My conversations with the covering manager were
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    always short, because Venture would distract us. -We need a break from out loved ones. Having him with me was great! But by Friday I needed a work day "to myself" without him glued to me and having to
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    take care of him. -I'd do it again, but only on half-days or when not a lot of people are in. -The covering manager said Venture was well behaved, especially compared to the
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    other dogs that have visited before! He even laughed to my main manager the following week, saying I was clearly worrying about him even though he was being fine the whole time. :)
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