[nagdu] Dog in the work place?

[The Pawpower Pack]

Hi Daryl, 
I think what I see is the problem is your boss telling you, or asking you not to bring the dog.  Whether you do, or don't, should be your choice and yours alone.  Some people would feel fine with that, some people, not.  Some dogs need to be with the handler to do their work.  
I don't believe it's anyone's place to tell you to bring or not bring your dog.  
If the coworker is afraid, then she can sit across the room, or if she is so afraid she can't be in the same room with you, she could call into the meeting instead of attending.  But It's my feeling that you are being asked to do without your mobility aid because she is afraid from across a room.  
Wht you decide to do is up to you, but I think chatting with your boss just to express your feelings may be good just so y'all are on the same
page.  


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> On Jun 12, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Daryl Marie via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi, guys! For those of you I spoke to on twitter or FB about this, sorry for the repeat!
> I have a bit of a sticky situation that I would like some advice on.
> I've worked at the same office for a year and a half, and everyone has been super supportive of Jenny and I, even as we've struggled with Jenn's barking
> issue this spring. But there is a coworker who is deathly afraid of dogs. She is so terrified that when I started working here, she asked that her cubicle
> be moved from beside mine to the far side of the office. I must add here that I have never once felt disrespected by her, that I am not a valued part of
> the team, or that Jenny herself is disrespected (she makes it a point to ask how Jenny and I are doing). Our company's CEO is coming for a site visit early
> next week, and we are having a staff meeting for about an hour at most (something that happens 2-3 times a year). My boss asked that I leave Jenny at my desk during
> the meeting, because even if Jenny is laying down across the room, this particular coworker is still terrified of her.
> I have unintentionally left Jenny at my desk for moderate periods when I slipped in to someone's office and we got sidetracked chatting, so I don't worry
> about her being alone (I figure I can give her a bone and keep her occupied while I am gone).
> I don't want to act like this is the biggest deal in the world (which it isn't), but I don't want to treat this like it's nothing, either. I don't want
> to be the difficult one who takes the dog into the meeting for no other reason than because I can, when in fact the meeting is only 50 feet away and she wouldn't
> be guiding me there anyway.
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daryl
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