Bring Your Dog to Work Day: Ayrshire pets submitted by readers

Bringing dogs to a workplace has many benefits and can often reduce stress, boost morale and give people in the office the incentive to get out walking on their lunch break.

Dog owners may have also found themselves acquiring a cameo on their Zoom calls or noticing the increasingly higher expectations for more walkies, as many of us have been working from home over the last year due to the pandemic.

And we asked our readers across all four Ayrshire publications to share their photos of their canine friends at desks, in meetings, reading books, and meeting colleagues - and you didn't disappoint. 

Without further ado, come meet the dogs (and cats) that have helped Ayrshire readers both working from home and back in the office. 

Carolyn Hope: Charlie 

Jessica Rodger "The real boss in our office" 🐶 😂

Janette Taylor: "Wee Dorcha, our rescue, working on her football skills!"

Michelle McKinnon: "Bob is at work every day, he's only been at the office a couple of weeks but now an integral part of the team!"

Lauren Mcdermott: "This is Nico ready for a day of work teaching them early, he's only 10 weeks."

Laura McGill:  "This is gina…not sure she’s keen on her mum’s work 🤣 or maybe just cold 🤣"

Natalie Morgan - "Working from home at Camp 4 Paws & Tuesday is puppy play day at camp 🐾🥳❤️"

Stacie Sinclair, "Not helping, just distracting me with her cuteness!"

Jill Taylor:  I am a manager for NHS Scotland's Test and Protect and Carlos and Tinxy, regular visitors on my Teams calls.