Take your pet to work - Page 2

Oh my. I thought 8-Bit was bad.

BTW, I wouldn't want to come out either if you had to go looking for me with an underground camera.

Jamie can be very sweet and lovable, but he definitely has a dark side, which usually turns out to be very expensive!

No doubt about that!

When I look at his handsome face I find it very difficult to believe he is anything but angelic.

^Jamie does look too sweet. But under every gentle sweet face there's the mind of a mischievous cat.

What if someone else's dog jumps on your's and your dog has to defend itself? With only you and the other owner's story of what happened. You never know if someone else will put the blame on you saying your animal did something first in order to protect their own pet.

Or what if someone scared/attacked your animal and it defended itself, but no one was there at the moment to see what caused the situation? (I'm sure this one has probably happened before with people trying to scam others)

I know that's a lot of "what if's" but accidents always happen. There's just no way to avoid them completely, especially when there are thinking and feeling creatures involved. When or if they do happen the business/property owner better be covered as well as the owner.

Over all, bringing certain pets to work isn't a bad idea. But the business needs to protect themselves, it's simple common sense. There also needs to be some basics set up to make sure sick animals or potential carriers are not exposed to others. - Ideally we'd all be perfect pet owners and that wouldn't happen, but it is impossible to expect everyone to be like you.

The idea of individual pet insurance is interesting. What types of animals are required to have it? Just cats and dogs or are some exotics required as well? If so, is the price different for less threatening animals?

I live in Germany, and liability insurance is required for dogs and horses in our state, while homeowners' or personal liability insurance usually covers cats. We had an individual liability insurance policy for Jamie's predecessor, as he had been a feral cat for roughly eight years before we took him in, and our homeowners' insurance wouldn't cover him for that reason. Jamie was covered by our homeowners' policy, until he caused such an uproar/costs, and when we tried to cover him with an individual "pet" policy, we were turned down everywhere. As far as I know, insurance companies here only cover dogs, cats, and horses.

When our tenants' ferret chewed through wiring, their personal liability insurance didn't cover the costs.

Good thing Jamie has you to look out for him!

I think it definitely depends on where you work. The office I worked at was just five people, all pet owners so we often had animals in - but it wasn't a problem for anyone. My boss rescued ferals and I often spent my lunch breaks sitting and working with them.

In a larger company you are more likely to run into someone with allergies or a fear of animals so it doesn't work as well.

Somehow I don't think bringing a cat into the operating room would fly. Besides, they're all a little timid around strangers.

I'd love to bring my cats to work! However even if the hospital allowed it, Abby would be too stressed out to take there. Chynna on the other hand is such a people kitty that she would be miss social butterfly going from room to room reaping all the cuddles that she could get.

I've often thought about taking her to senior homes, but she has all of her claws and I believe that these places only allow declawed cats in as "pet therapy visitors". In the 15 years that I've had Chynna, she's never scratched me or anyone that she has come into contact with. The most damage she does is lick your nose with her little sandpaper tongue

The petstore I work at allows you to take your pets with you. I mainly work in the office area of it and Skye hangs out with me back there all day most days. I tired brining Cubbie but he kept peeing everywhere.

we allow clawed cats as pet therapy

I take my furries to work with me all the time, but then again i work for an animal shelter i bring the dogs in all the time to visit all of my coworkers and take them to the dog park....and i have taken all of my cats in there to be chipped and i bathe them often there Jasmine even comes and spends the whole day with me somtimes- she loves to run around the office and get attention from my coworkers We all love animals up there so it's not an issue!