You might expect the American Humane Association to be pet-friendly, but the Denver-based organization goes well beyond that. Pet gates decorate every office door. Almost half of its 165 employees nationwide bring their dogs to work.
Twigden, a two-year-old Lhasa Apso and terrier mix, regularly accompanies Jone Bouman, director of communications at the group鈥檚 film and TV office in Los Angeles. 鈥淗e makes me utterly happy,鈥� she says. 鈥淎nd I鈥檝e actually seen the faces of people in my office relax and their shoulders go down whenever they pick him up for a hug or he trots into their office for a visit.鈥�
Dog-friendly workplaces also influence more people to become dog owners, says Katenna Jones, an educator and applied animal behaviorist at American Humane. 鈥淚t also allows working people to adopt a pet, when they otherwise might not be able to due to time constraints. This saves the lives of pets.鈥�
