Unpaid Office Staff

Today on Juli Thorson's Horse Talk blog, Juli spotlighted some of Horse & Rider's canine staff members.

Even though Alana and I (along with our Art Director, Adam) are stationed in the Lake Dallas office, in an actual office building, we still get to bring our pups to work. It's one of the upsides to having a small staff. Luckily, we're all dog fanatics. Adam has yet to bring his pint-sized terriers in... although he has brought in his pint-sized human newborn, Holden.

While the dogs can be a distraction at times, like when Murphy has too much to "say" to the UPS delivery man or the dog's wrestling matches get a little too raucous (doesn't happen as often now that Happy is recovering from kidney-removal surgery and Addison's disease diagnosis), overall it's great to have the critters at work. There's a comfort that comes from having your dogs nearby, and a break to curl up on the floor with the pup is a welcome stress-reliever during deadline days.

Now that I've been lucky enough to experience the benefits, it'd be hard to work somewhere where I couldn't bring the dogs to work. All of you who also get to take Fido to the office, whether it's an indoor or outdoor one, know what I mean!

Happy (my dog, chocolate Lab) having some serious jealousy issues over the bone Murphy (Alana's dog, yellow Lab) is munchin'.

This rabbit has long since been destroyed.

An occasional visitor, my part-time receptionist, Striker. (He and Murphy are NOT friends.)