Are your co-workers animal people?

[ParNone]

The two that work here with me in Houston do. One has a Lab, the other a Border Collie. They definitely love them, but have somewhat outdated training ideas. I bite my tongue, unless they specifically ask me for training advice.

There's quite a few in our group from California that I know have dogs.

None of the ones from India do though. Not sure if that's cultural thing or just coincidence. My supervisor, who's from India, but lives in California, did not get my needing a day off after Maddie died at all. He was very understanding about needing time off for my Mom who had Cancer, but not time off for a dog.

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[lvpets2002]

Yes most of my co-workers are animal people.. However there is this one guy here thats a dudd on animals & so we dont listen to his hot air..

[smokey the elder]

There are a LOT of catlovers at my job! Quite a few rescuers, too; we have an informal rescue network where we take referrals and requests for particular animals. My boss has a 16 year old white cat he loves to bits.

[grybai]

Most people at my work have animals but they are not exactly the best taken care of... My boss and one of my coworkers kept their dogs upstairs while working, a boy and girl unfixed daschund and lo and behold, surprisingly a litter of puppies popped up.

The mother of another coworker of mine breeds chihuahuas, but after seeing his deformed animal, I have a hunch she's the backyard kind.

Another coworker got one of those designer breeds from a pet store, but at least she's spayed, well trained and well taken care of. (trained in Japanese too, so cute!)

[Logan]

Absolutely not! But, since I am the only representative in this city, I'm not interacting daily with them and I don't report every time I have to go to the vet! Might end my career if I did! LOL!!!

I"m so glad I have you all to talk with about my pets since I don't really have that sympathy and adoration at work. I do have one good friend, the president of our company, who knows my pets very well (at least most of them), as he used to live here, and he likes to hear about them a little bit at least!

[K9karen]

At my last job, everybody had a pet, mostly dogs, so it was heaven. There were a few people who didn't have dogs and listened politely to us brag or sometimes laughed. Then they got dogs and the tables were turned! They totally got it! I had tons of framed Cody pictures on my desk. When an occassional client came into the office to see me, their first question was "How's Cody?" On the job before that, I took time off twice to stay with Cody when he had ACL surgery. I got phone calls and cards, even from my boss. After Cody died (I was laid off the day before ) I got cards and phone calls. It was awesome. My ex boss and I still talk and she always mentions her "granddog". Anytime anyone needed time off for the vet or a sick pet, even if you used up all your vacation or personal time, there was never any problem getting the time! Everyone understood. It was wonderful. I think that's why everyone got along so well. Animal Lovers Rule!

[wolf_Q]

You have to like animals to work in a grooming salon, so yes my co-workers like animals. They are not all dog crazy like I am though. One recently gave away her unspayed outdoor lab because she was moving and I heard the place she's living at now they have a different dog. The rest that have pets love and spoil them though. Even they think I'm nuts sometimes!

[NoahsMommy]

Not employed right now, but my last job will count right?

Aimee has two labbies:

I forget their names though...

Kim has a fish, named Kelly. Her daughter named everything "Kelly".

Cindy has a kitty...that was my kitty friend.

But of course as usual, I'm the crazy cat lady in any job I've had.

[jenluckenbach]

They darned well BETTER be!! I work in a grooming salon!

But I know what you mean, it would be awful to work with only people who waven't a clue about the worth of a pet.

[finn's mom]

I just started this new job at the Ford dealership, so, I don't know many of my coworkers well enough to know if they're animal people. I know they've all seen Finn's picture and said he was a good looking dog...so, no one's said "ew, i hate dogs"... The girl that started the same day as me has talked about her dogs and cats before, so, I know she's had pets...I've really only worked with one girl that was as into animals as I was. I've met a lot of people at past jobs who don't have pets.

[Cataholic]

I work with 10 other people in a law office. One of the partners loves dogs, one just lost his cat and told me about it and I could tell he was upset, and the other? Hmm...he isn't into animals, and will tease me about cats.

The women I work with I would say half have animals of some sort. One woman has WAY more cats than me, so, I am not officially the cat crazy woman, he he he. Only one person is not an 'animal lover'...but, she is very nice about it.

Most people know I am crazy about animals as I send around rescue stuff to most of my email contacts.

I edited this to add: it doesn't really matter to me if someone is or isn't an animal lover (or child lover) as long as they are respectful. I have seen just as much 'disrespect' directed towards animal lovers in the 'real' world as I have seen towards child lovers here on PT.

[ramanth]

I work in a library so many of the staff here have cats. A few have dogs.

My boss Clare, has two cats that I've sat for. Sweet things. Both came from shelters.

I helped Marie find a dog via rescues. She and her husband adopted a Chow Chow.

Erica has various dogs and cats.

Brian is looking to adopt a dog but he hasn't found the right one yet.

[Karen]

All but one are real animal people, and that's one of my bosses. The other boss, however, is a real animal person, and they're married to each other, so while Boss 1 doesn't "get" animals, he's always had them around!

[wolflady]

Unfortunately, there aren't a lot of "pet friendly people" in my office. Luckily, my associate has a dog and she's a dog person, so it's nice to have at least one person here that understands. Everyone else has kids and that's all they talk about. It kind of annoys me though, because they always think they are better than me because they have kids and I don't....*sigh*

Actually...I do...mine are just all 4 legged and furry! LOL

**hugs**

[pitc9]

Most of the people I work with love animals, not as much as I love mine! They all know know much I love my pups, and they laugh because I have pictures of my pups at my desk and none of my hubby!!!
I always tell the people I work with that I like my dogs a LOT more than I like most people!!
They even went so far as to put a "Beware of Dog" sign with a GSD on it on the back of my chair!!