Dog work stress

• Heres a way to de-stress at work that we can get behind: Bring your dog to work! New research from Virginia Commonwealth University showed that bringing dogs to work could lower stress and increase employee satisfaction.
(Huffington Post)
• If your office seems like its going to the dogs, try bringing your dogs to the office. Researchers reported Friday that bringing Rover to work seems to reduce stress on the job.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Bringing pet dogs to work can reduce stress and make the job more satisfying for other employees, a study suggests. US researchers found those with access to dogs were less stressed as the day went on than those who had none.
(BBC News)
• Bringing your dog to work may cut your stress level and provide you with a higher sense of job satisfaction, a small study says. Seventy-six employees of a service, manufacturing and retail company located in Greensboro, N.C.
(CBC)
• In an important study that all employers should note, business researchers find positive benefits for allowing people to take their dog to work.
(eMaxHealth.com)
• Even at work. And now science agrees. People who took their dogs to work in an office in Greensboro, N.C., had lower stress levels through the work day, as reported on self-reported test.
(NPR News)
• At the beginning of each day (over a one week period), the authors found no difference in perceived stress, but as the day wore on stress decreased for the DOG group and increased for the NODOG group.
(IT wire)
• A GUIDE dog who was just weeks from finishing her training might never get to work for the blind after an attack in the "The dog just hung on and it was causing Grace more and more stress. "I was doing what I could.
(This is Wiltshire)
• As an effective way to relieve stress, a new study has come out that says employees should bring their dogs to work. Not only will having mans best friend around help you get through the day, it will also help others around you.
(Environmental News Network)
• In contrast, stress levels rose in those who either did not own a dog or chose to leave their pet at home the day and answered questions about job satisfaction. On arrival at work, there was little or no difference between the groups.
(Daily Mail)