National Take Your Dog to Work Day
Take Your Dog to Work instead of leaving them home alone, and reconsider the important bond between man and his best friend, that shouldn’t end on workdays.
Celebrate workplace wellness and pet adoption by positioning your brand as a dog-friendly employer and partner with shelters to drive adoption awareness and pet product sales.
- Share employee + dog photos to humanize your brand and boost workplace culture messaging
- Partner with local shelters to promote adoptable dogs and tie product discounts to shelter donations
- Create 'dog-friendly workplace' guides for HR teams and promote pet wellness products
- Host virtual or in-office dog meet-and-greets to drive engagement and pet supply sales
Pet Sitters international decided, in 1996, that there were far too many instances of people leaving their animals at home while they went about their workday. These amazing people are dedicated to saving animals from local shelters and humane shelters, and helping them find good homes with people who will love and respect them.
As part of this, they developed Take Your Dog To Work Day as an attempt to help restore puppies to the workplace and help people understand the human-animal bond.
Pets.Com acquired Take Your Dog to Work Day for a while, but that was before it crashed and burned in the dot-com crash. While they were still standing up and promoting the day, it was promoted by their poster dog Ernie, and then followed him with Sandy.
5000 companies were participating in this event by the end of 2003, and it’s just growing more with every single year.
So take the time on Take Your Dog To Work Day to bring your puppy to work and help educate others on the importance of saving these amazing critters from a rescue shelter and the streets.