National Take Your Dog to Work Day 2019: Know The Date, History and Significance of The Day
To encourage getting a pooch to work or include them as a part of daily work lives, this day was marked. The celebrations are quite obvious with the name itself. People with pets are advised to get their pets to workplaces.
A dog is a man's best friend and those who have dogs as pets would vouch for their fur babies. One of the biggest joys of pet owners is to go back home from a tiring day at school/college/work and watch them eagerly waiting for your welcome. Dogs especially tend to express their joy too, wag their tails, the friendlier ones licking the faces and what not. But then on the next day, its again leaving the beloved pet back home and heading to work. To change that a Take Your Dog To Work Day in the US is celebrated each year to encourage workplaces to become dog-friendly. It is marked on a Friday following the celebrations of Father's Day. So National Take Your Dog To Work Day 2019 will be marked on June 21 this year. This fun holiday also aims at encouraging dog adoption and promote how they bring joy into people's lives.
With leading busy lives in the corporate world, most people get in pets as stress relievers but don't tend to them that well. While the owner is away, the pooch may feel lonely back home. So to encourage getting a pooch to work or include them as a part of daily work lives, this day was marked. The celebrations are quite obvious with the name itself. People with pets are advised to get their pets to workplaces. 'Pet Translator': Animal Behaviour Expert Working on an Instrument to Convert Dog Woofs into English words.
History and Significance of The Day
The first celebrations of Take Your Dog To Work Day began in the year 1996. The unofficial holiday was created by Pet Sitters International as a way to encourage dog adoption and also highlight how having a pet brings happiness in the lives of people. People at Pet Sitters International realised that a lot of people left their pets at home, so to help them find good homes with love and respect them, this fun celebration was initiated. Since 2014, a number of businesses across the UK allowed dogs at the workplace. This day is celebrated in Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Israel.
Other than promoting more pet and human interaction, this day also has certain programmes which raise funds and are given to charities. It also promotes adoption of dogs from local shelters, rescue groups and societies. Getting a dog sure seems an interesting idea and we can imagine the fun it would be to have a pooch running through the cubicles.
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