Problem with Office/Dog

donnap83

I used to take my dog to work. She loved it.

mr_fishbulb

agrinnall wrote: »

It's pretty clear that the OP's LL knows that the dog is there and hasn't told the OP it's not allowed.

Yes, but if the OP had something in writing that allowed pets they could show it to the guy in the office below.

Gwhiz

mr_fishbulb wrote: »

Yes, but if the OP had something in writing that allowed pets they could show it to the guy in the office below.

I'm not sure a piece of paper saying "I have permission to smack you over the head" would make the event any more pleasurable for the receiver

JQ.

I'd be annoyed if a fellow tenant in our building started bringing a dog to work, so I have complete sympathy with the aggrieved party and I'd also make a complaint to the landlord. Most commercial leases have clauses stating tenants cannot cause nuisance to other tenants. Just had a quick look at one of the leases on my desk:

"The tenant shall not use the property for any illegal purpose nor for any purpose or in a manner that would cause loss, damage, injury, nuisance or inconvience to the Landlord, the other tenants or occupiers of the lettable units or any owner or occupier of neighbouring property."

If you want to take your dog to work, buy your own property, you can do what you want then.

Norma_Desmond

As a nasty dog-disliker (!), I'm shocked that it seems to be the norm to allow dogs in the office.

I would hate it if my boss/collegue/tenant thought it was alright to inflict their pet on me all day; surely if you can't look after an animal's needs without bringing it to your workplace, then don't have one.

bugslet

I don't think being a disliker of dogs makes you nasty, everyone has there own preference.

As I said in my case there is only one other person in the office and they knew beforehand that there were dogs in the office. If someone works there beforehand and there are no dogs then fair enough, but if the dogs are there already then it's a choice to take the job or not. Plenty of people do like dogs and don't mind working alongside them. I could pay someone to call in and look after my dogs at home, but as I said, one of the reasons for being self-employed for the last 20+ years is that it allows me this option.

donkey1969

I think its wonderful to take dogs to work, I used to take mine out with me when I was a cpn, he loved the car and he was very useful with helping calm agitated clients at times, stroking a dog can do wonders for people who are ill.

Op have you thought about soundproofing, I believe that there are pads / rolls of soundproofing available that can be put under the carpets and underlay, you may have to take an inch or so off the bottom of any doors so that they can still open / close, hope you get it sorted x

You could tell him he's lucky not to be working under a nursery, I'm sitting here watching my 2 toddlers cause their usual mayhem and noise whilst my 3 lovely dogs are having a snooze.

mr_fishbulb

These should keep it quiet:

poppysarah

donkey1969 wrote: »

I think its wonderful to take dogs to work, I used to take mine out with me when I was a cpn, he loved the car and he was very useful with helping calm agitated clients at times, stroking a dog can do wonders for people who are ill..

Unless they hate dogs.

It's not that I don't like dogs, I just think they're a very strange thing to have at work.

And the excuse the dog is on its own at home doesn't wash if the OP is prepared to leave it locked in an office.


Some religions are very inhospitable to dogs too.

donkey1969

poppysarah wrote: »

Unless they hate dogs.

It's not that I don't like dogs, I just think they're a very strange thing to have at work.

And the excuse the dog is on its own at home doesn't wash if the OP is prepared to leave it locked in an office.


Some religions are very inhospitable to dogs too.

Well obviously in my case, I had built up a relationship with people over time, if they didn't feel comfortable with him, I didn't take him in, he was a trained pat dog, so was extremely well behaved and gentle, he also provided extra security for me as well, medical staff can be targets unfortunately.