I think everyone should have a dog at the office. I was walking my dog, Redd, from the parking garage to my building this morning, and even total strangers would stop to pat him, smile, or coo things to him in that baby-talk voice people use with animals (which he totally loves, by the way). Heck, even when I was driving into downtown he had his head out the window getting other drivers to smile. People that normally move into their day without much to grin about were unexpectedly made happier. But it didn’t stop there! Once we got upstairs he instantly charmed a roomful of people in our glass-walled conference room as he stared in with a big dog-smile on his face, while simultaneously bringing the level of energy in the office up about 5 levels while hopping from person to person getting attention. All day he’s been infusing the air with his relaxed, easygoing personality (and a little dog breath). For others interested in dogs as therapy and dogs in general, here are a few good links: Minnesota Therapy Animals A good site about what you can do with your animal and volunteering. Urbanimal My favorite pet-stuff store; it’s local! They even deliver pet food. Airport Dogpark A blog for one of Redd’s favorite hangouts… it even has a Flickr account attached. p.s. Redd is now passed out in the middle of our workspace; as any good dog would be.