Workplace Wellness: How to know if your dog is suited to a pet-friendly office life

Bringing a dog to work can boost employees' morale and improve social interactions. But not every four-legged friend is suited to office life 

Caroline Senior, co-owner of the Blackwater micro-distillery in Co Waterford, with Shadow and Socks 

I WORKED in a language school in Paris in the early 2000s. Our office administrator used to bring her terrier to work and, mon Dieu, did that doggie receive a lot of love. Almost everyone who passed the administrator’s desk stopped to pat its head.

The couple who ran the school also brought their dog to work. Unlike the terrier, this dog was massive. He was an oversexed Newfoundland who would rear up on his hind legs and lunge at every woman who crossed his path. The couple would laugh it off, but from personal experience, I can attest that the women did not find it funny.