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Sounds to me like an absolute nightmare, putting many dogs together ensures some of them won’t like each other and will create a bark fest, triggering other dogs to bark too. Dogs might be pack animals, but their pack is with its humans and it will try to protect its pack from other packs

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We did a “bring your dog to work day” at my workplace and this is pretty much how it went. By noon, all the dog-bringers had taken their pets home.

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Personally I don’t mind, but I find it problematic mostly because not everyone can be around dogs, be it because of allergies or past experiences.

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Like literally anything else in the office, ask the question and respect people’s limits. It can add to a workplace culture but not enough to overcome making someone uncomfortable. My dog is hypoallergenic so it occasionally gets special visitation privileges.

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Hard no for me. People feel way too entitled to bring their dogs everywhere. Your being a pet owner doesn’t mean everyone else also has to love and want to be around your dog. I’m afraid of most big dogs and if I had to routinely encounter them at work, I’d be looking for a different job. I’m also very allergic to them and despite taking allergy meds every day, I’d be miserable with dogs in a shared space I couldn’t escape.

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I prefer they don’t. I’ve worked in places that allowed dogs, and mileage varies. Some dogs are adorable and well behaved, but then you have annoying ones. I hate trying to think how to solve something and be randomly interrupted by barking.

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