In honour of  "Take your dog to work" day, I decided to bring all three of my kiddies to the Modern Dog office with me. It seemed like such a good idea last night, but, in retrospect, it was not. As I sit here at my desk surrounded by ruined toys, cotton innards and wet carpets (that’s an upset water bowl, not a gigantic lapse in house-training), I wonder who was it that convinced us all that bringing your pets to work was supposed to decrease your stress? More than likely, it reduces your coworkers’ stress because they are so busy enjoying your furrry companions’ antics that they become infinitely relaxed. I see now that I’ve been misled.