The Perfect Companions when Working at Home

Let's be honest, if you've got a 9 to 5 job with other employees around you, the opportunity for social interaction is literally around every corner. So what if you step out of a corporate job and into a home based job, where did the social time around the water cooler go? This is when having your favorite pet around can be useful.

I am a dog person and when I moved in with my fiancée, who is now my wife, I also moved in with her two dachshunds. Now my wife is gone for most of the day, so that leaves me here with the two non-productive non-rent paying dogs. Maybe they should start pulling their own weight around here, but that's a different story.

I know the dogs like having me around and enjoy my company, but I think they were more used to the time they had alone here at the house when we were both gone and off to work.

So, when I first started this work at home business, the dogs would go sit out by the window and wait for my wife to come home, not caring what I did. As a matter of fact, they barely came up to me to say hello. I would have to go up to them if I wanted any type of interaction. This would go on for about a month or more. It's like they did not care if I was home or not, they were just waiting for my wife to get home to give them a doggy snack.

Well, I think they started to realize that I was always going to be around the house during the day. I sure hope they do not think I am slacking by not leaving for work, in which case I will just tell them to get a job.

Eventually one dog would come up and greet me every now and then, and I thought that was nice. Until I started to realize she was just checking up on me making sure I was still working at my desk while she was planning her escape in the backyard. She thinks she is so smart, well I figured out her little plan.

So I said enough of this, maybe they are just wanting my attention. So I made a point after every hour or so to just "hang out by the water cooler" with them. They seemed to enjoy the attention and I also realized that this was the break I needed from my work.

Humans are social beings, we like sharing our little stories with other people and it helps to just have that short time away from our work to give our mind the break it needs. At the same time, pets are always looking for the attention from their owners. So this is a good balance of the social break that humans need and the attention that our pets crave. So if you are working at home and need the little social break, go talk with your pets. They might not provide the best feedback to your work, but they are good listeners and their door is always open.

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