via www.theeagle.com
LOS ANGELES — Like any new addition to an office, Dolly had an adjustment period. The hardest part: learning not to bark at the mailman.
Dolly is one of millions of dogs that accompany their owners to dog-friendly businesses every day. Even more will join her next Friday for Take Your Dog to Work Day.
“I consider it a benefit like health care. It’s a huge attraction,” said Dolly’s owner Erin McCormack, who works at Authentic Entertainment in Los Angeles as a producer on the Discovery Channel’s Auction Kings.
McCormack and her Maltese mix walk together before work and at lunch to get some exercise, and McCormack saves money on the dog walker or daycare she would otherwise need.
“It’s such a great way to create a productive atmosphere. It makes the environment more conducive to creativity,” she said, at a company that produces shows like the Food Network’s The Best Thing I Ever Ate, TLC’s Toddlers & Tiaras and Bravo’s Flipping Out.
It's great having my dog at work every day. Fromt he first day we brought her home she started coming to work with my at our retail shop. She was confined to the office by a baby gate so she could see customers but not interact with them until they spotted her and then.... she was our best salesdog.
She got so good at her job we promoted her to head up our Pet Gift Division.
We recently closed our shop and are now only selling our gift baskets on line but she still spends her days by my side.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
Marie Lisewski
Laurel Mountain Basket Co
Posted by: Marie Lisewski | July 11, 2012 at 10:23 AM