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Old 04-26-10 | 04:52 PM
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Take your dog to work!

I do.
He was a little skeptical about the whole thing at first, as you can tell here, but it only took one day for him to get used to it.
I am lucky enough to be encouraged to bring Shiloh to work with me.
Life is good.


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Old 04-26-10 | 08:08 PM
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Old 04-26-10 | 08:39 PM
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Cute dog!
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Old 04-27-10 | 11:04 AM
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The first little while my dog Reese rode in the kiddy trailer, she'd jump out when she saw another dog or a critter. This is from a moving bike in the street, so much hilarity ensued.

I eventually worked out a way to harness her in so she could still move around a little and poke her head out, but not jump out. She eventually learned to relax a little inside the trailer.
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Old 04-27-10 | 12:50 PM
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That is sooooo cool. I am currently looking for a trailer on CL for my dog. How lucky to be able to take your dog to work with you. I too work in a dog friendly place, just haven't taken the pooches in yet.
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Old 04-27-10 | 02:04 PM
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It's nice of your work letting you bring your pets with you.Don't you think the dog would be happier to run beside you if it can? That's what they do for a living. If dogs could talk.....I'd like to be a fly on that wall.

If your dog can't walk,I understand....I think.

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Old 04-27-10 | 03:56 PM
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That's awesome
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Old 04-27-10 | 03:58 PM
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Both mine are just under 100 lbs each. One I could pull I think, but not both. And asking them to run fast enough to keep up with me for 20 miles in the Texas sun would be too much. That and I definitely don't work at a dog friendly place! I'd love to be able to take them on shorter rides though.
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Old 04-27-10 | 06:38 PM
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I see this guy often on my commute with a dog trailer, crossing the Williamsburg Bridge. I think it's a Lab mix, so cute
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Old 04-27-10 | 06:55 PM
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Gawd, he is gorgeous! And happy! What breed is Shiloh?
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Old 04-27-10 | 09:00 PM
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Soooo cuuuuute! In the summertime, I'll see a woman riding her bike with her little shih tzu sitting happily in the basket. The dog always looks so happy with the wind in her face.
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Old 04-27-10 | 09:52 PM
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Old 04-29-10 | 03:45 PM
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I work at a locksmith shop.
He is a little too old to run the 2.5 miles next to me, and I would worry about him running in traffic (I commute on busy chicago streets)
He is a mutt, not too sure about the mix, but I think there is some chow, maybe lab....i don't know.
He finally got used to it, and now he just lays in there. I even stop for coffee, lockup, and he just chills there, waiting for me.
So dam cute...
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Old 04-29-10 | 04:00 PM
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The FDA frowns on critters other than our approved inventory of categorized mice being in the labs. My pupster is staying at home.
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Old 04-30-10 | 07:20 AM
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Are you sure that's a dog? Looks like a bear!

That's great that you can bring the pooch to work.

Must get some good exercise hauling around crawdaddio's best friend.
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