Purina's drive to promote pets in the workplace

I have no problem with pets in the workplace. I've actually been to quite a few bookstores and even a car mechanic's that had "shop cats." I honestly was more likely to frequent such places, especially the mechanic's. I'm always stressed out when I have to get my car worked on, and having a cat to play with while waiting really helped ease my anxiety (I'd still go there, but the mechanic retired a few years ago and took his cat home). There are many nursing homes that use both cats and dogs as therapy animals, and I even saw a documentary about a prison that used cats to help rehab some of the inmates (they carefully screened which inmates).

Personally, I took my bird to work with me one day while we were getting work done on the house. It worked out okay - I had permission, and he hung out on my shoulder the entire day.