"Again, I want to emphasize that I really love dogs and I don't think it's their fault that they bark! But their barks are really grating, quite constant (barking for five minutes straight at ear-piercing decibels), and extremely distracting. My boss lives down the road and sometimes uses our office as free dog-sitting (he'll bring his dog with him, then leave for several hours and say, "Can you guys keep an eye on her?")."
"Because we are an openly dog-friendly office, I know no one can ask them to leave their dogs at home/pay for dog-sitting. But I find it strange that they both at least don't do more to keep their dogs occupied/distracted and take them for walks when they're being particularly loud, out of consideration for their co-workers and employees. It's a very small office, so I can't go to another space"
A hybrid-schedule employee attends the office several days weekly and appreciates dogs but finds two supervisors' dogs extremely loud and distracting. The dogs bark in prolonged, ear-piercing bursts, sometimes five minutes straight, disrupting concentration. One supervisor leaves a dog for hours while running errands; the other brings a dog because of a long commute. A dog-friendly policy prevents asking owners to leave dogs at home or pay for pet care. The office is small, preventing escape to a quieter space, and headphones are impractical due to frequent vocal collaboration. The employee feels guilty but is told that irritation is reasonable.
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