Purina's drive to promote pets in the workplace

Yes, good points, Ram. Some co-workers or even the boss might agree to it just to be nice but not really like it. It definitely would need a trial period. I don't know too much about a distraction, especially if they just sleep, but it definitely is possible if other people are around the work area.

I didn't even think about the animals getting targeted, but you're right, Yatte. There are a lot of kooks in this world who look and act otherwise normal. You just never know.

This makes me think of an artificial aquarium I saw on the web awhile back....it looked very realistic and perhaps would serve the same purpose of lowering stress and blood pressure in the workplace. I was thinking more about the pets being able to be with their owners instead of home alone....but for purposes of reducing stress in employees, I think the artificial might work. There's a little robot dog in a car ad too that might be nice to have around, but I think that might be a little far fetched.

Thanks for the posts. It's interesting to see the pros and cons of this. I wonder if they did this at Purina.