{"id":3047,"date":"2015-06-25T00:12:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T00:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theswitch.us\/blog\/?p=3047"},"modified":"2015-06-30T14:35:52","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T14:35:52","slug":"dog-days-switch-tydtwd-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/switch.us\/blog\/dog-days-switch-tydtwd-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Days of Switch: TYDTWD 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
This summer, Switch is going to the dogs. Or rather, the dogs are coming to us. Because so many of our canine companions come from adoption shelters, we wanted to share our stories with you.\u00a0<\/address>\n

 
\nFor the third consecutive year at Switch, we\u2019re stocking our desk drawers with milk bones and peanut butter to prepare for Take Your Dog to Work Day<\/a>, an international event established by Pet Sitter\u2019s International. Our four-legged, furry friends will occupy work cubes and conference rooms for the day in exchange for sloppy kisses, contagious smiles and perpetual tail wagging.<\/p>\n

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Switch has a soft spot for our canine companions, having worked with organizations like APA Adoption Center<\/a> and Solid Gold Pet Food<\/a>. To tie in a charity effort, we\u2019re asking participants to make a donation to the APA, one of our favorite local shelters.<\/p>\n

We also got so excited planning the event, we wanted to share a few stories of how our precious pups came into our lives. Some of them (like Chris Jobst’s Pug-Chihuahua mix, Chuggy) <\/a>even have Instagram accounts. Grab some Kleenex and pull your dog close. At least one of these stories is sure to tug on your heartstrings.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Reardon, Creative Director<\/h1>\n

Three dogs, three cats and a really big treat budget make up the #ReardonZoo (check \u2018em out on IG). Are we crazy? Maybe. Would we add another? In a heartbeat. 13 years ago, we rescued our first from a farm in Wisconsin \u2013 and we haven\u2019t been able to say \u201cno\u201d ever since.<\/em><\/p>\n

Some fun facts about the #ReardonZoo (in order of when they joined our family):<\/em>
\n1. Lizzie (cat) tries to jump in the fridge any chance she gets<\/em>
\n2. JackJack (cat) is ironically always in a box<\/em>
\n3. KC (lab mix) sneezes when she is happy<\/em>
\n4. Chase (lab) weighs 100lbs and thinks he is a lap dog<\/em>
\n5. Dave (cat) is a Hurricane Katrina rescue<\/em>
\n6. Olaf (terrier\/dachshund) barks at horses on TV<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Reardon Zoo<\/p><\/div>\n

The hardest part about Take Your Dog to Work Day for me, is deciding which lucky puppy gets to join me. If I could, I would take them all. But I would need a bigger desk.<\/em><\/p>\n

Allison Tippet, Assistant Account Executive<\/h1>\n

About two years ago, my boyfriend and I decided we wanted to open our home up to a dog in need and started researching local rescue groups. As it turned out, a co-worker of mine runs a Pitbull rescue group and was looking for foster parents to care for a litter of Pitbull-Boxer mixed puppies. The moment we laid eyes on Burley, now known as Porter, we knew we found our furry child. After about a year of loving Porter, we decided to expand our family once again and adopted Gus, another Pitbull, from our local Humane Society<\/a>. Porter and Gus bonded quickly and have been brothers ever since Gus gave Porter a thorough ear cleaning when they first met.<\/em><\/p>\n

Both our dogs love to play outside, go on walks or car rides, bug their two older human sisters and they really love to snuggle with us on the couch\u2026 (and in bed). I am proud to be the mother to our Pitbulls, breaking down the misconception of the breed \u2013 and I wouldn\u2019t have them any other way.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Wisely, Assistant Brand\/Business Development Manager<\/h1>\n

I met my firstborn nearly five years ago when I walked dogs at Stray Rescue<\/a>, a no-kill shelter that picks up strays from the streets of St. Louis. Among my \u201cfavorites\u201d was Dispatch, an 8-month old curious, high-energy pit bull mix who suffered from really bad separation anxiety. I fostered him for a about two weeks before receiving an email that someone wanted to adopt him. Panicked, I pleaded to call “dibs,” as we had both grown attached to each other. Yes, I am a “foster failure.” I renamed him Vince, and he\u2019s been by fearless protector, lazy morning snoozer and ride-or-die ever since.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last August we welcomed another canine to our family: Tony, an 11-week old terrier mix from the APA Adoption Center<\/a>. Charles Schulz was right: “Happiness is a warm puppy.” Now a year old, Tony loves cuddles and belly rubs as much as he loves trudging through our dirty garden bed. He is a small, scruffy thing who has redefined the limits of happiness.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Tony and Vince, respectively<\/p><\/div>\n

Danny Elchert, Art Director<\/h2>\n

After several years of living alone and \u201cthinking about getting a dog,\u201d then deciding I couldn\u2019t handle the commitment, I finally filled out an application to rescue a dog through Dirk\u2019s Fund<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

For almost four months, I visited their shelter to meet new dogs. I am very picky (thus why I\u2019d spent several years living alone). None of the shelter dogs met my standards until I came across \u201cMiley.\u201d She was a smaller Golden mix with blonde eyelashes and soulful brown eyes. The shelter knew very little about her but estimated she was 10 months old and suspected she had been abused. I knew immediately she would be my dog. I renamed her Haven (after my favorite hometown ice cream shop). Haven and I were inseparable, and we quickly became best friends. I didn\u2019t know it at the time, but she rescued me as much as I rescued her.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Haven<\/p><\/div>\n

It was just the two of us until I started dating my wife Ashley, and thus inherited my \u201cstep-dogs,\u201d Howie and Stella. Howie (a Boston Terrier) immediately bonded to me, but Stella (a Frechie) is a constant challenge. I sometimes wonder if she hates me. During the early days of our relationship, she\u2019d pee on my furniture and always be on the lookout for new and innovative places to poop in my apartment. As of recent, she\u2019s taken to eating my recently planted sunflowers, chewing my record collection to shreds and gnawing my face out of wedding pictures (I\u2019m not joking). The list of her antics goes on \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Life was hectic having three dogs, but Haven loved her siblings and being in a dog pack. Watching the three of them play was hilarious. Watching all three of them cuddle up together at the end of a long day was the best. I enjoy my \u201cstep-dogs,\u201d but they will never compare to Haven. The fact that I\u2019d rescued her has always made her special; she needed me. Howie and Stella had led privileged lives with the same owner while Haven\u2019s past was an unknown struggle.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Haven, Howie and Stella<\/p><\/div>\n

This past winter, we had to put Haven to sleep. I won\u2019t go into the details of why because it\u2019s too difficult for me to discuss. Ashley found a vet that would come to the house so that we could spare poor Haven the trauma of an office visit. I sat on the couch by her favorite window and held her in my lap. I stroked her soft blonde fur and whispered in her floppy ear as she drifted away, Ashley, Howie and Stella by my side.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0I\u2019ll always regret that I couldn\u2019t give her more time, but I try to focus on the years that we had together and difference I made in her life. Losing my four-legged best friend has been one of the hardest things I\u2019ve experienced … but it\u2019s part of being an adult. Surprisingly, who\u2019s brought me the most comfort is a mischievous French Bulldog. Although she\u2019ll never be Haven, Stella has burrowed a special spot in my heart when I needed it the most.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sara Sexton, Account Director<\/h1>\n

What is love?<\/em><\/p>\n

I have no less than five lint rollers strategically placed throughout my house at all times.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fur is both an accessory and a delicacy at our house.<\/em><\/p>\n

I have actually had to vacuum my vacuum.<\/em><\/p>\n

And, I wouldn\u2019t trade any of this for hair-free pants, furless meals or dust bunny extinction. My 10+ year old Golden Retriever, Sisco, \u201crescued me\u201d 9 years ago; and, while he literally explodes fur every time he shakes and rainy days mean a potent wet dog smell that permeates all soft surfaces and lingers for days, he has my whole heart.<\/em><\/p>\n

In 2006 we had a chance meeting at the Canine Center. Love a Golden Rescue<\/a> had recently plucked him from a local shelter in rural Missouri. He didn\u2019t have much: no collar, no tags, no chip (he did still have all his junk). He was as handsome as he was goofy. A ball of energy with the best dog smile you\u2019ve ever seen. He and the other foster Goldens were ready to find their forever homes. Sisco scaled to the top of a stack of dog beds \u2013 at least 10\u2019 high \u2013 and perched himself on his princely pedestal. I was smitten.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been through a lot together, and he never judges, only nudges. He doesn\u2019t give me advice, but he will give me wet sloppy kisses. He humors me by being relatively agreeable to just about anything such as wearing Halloween costumes (one time a banana split); learning \u2013 and performing \u2013 silly tricks (he does math); sitting in a canoe for hours on float trips (surrounded by drunk hoosiers); and, most recently, putting up with a baby brother (the human kind) that pretty much stole his limelight.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sara and Sisco<\/p><\/div>\n

His given name is Sisco de Noche<\/a>, but he\u2019s also my buddy dog (\u201cbud,\u201d \u201cbudders,\u201d \u201cbudder-ball,\u201d \u201cbudda\u201d) and yes, if you must know, he has dumps like a truck<\/a> (and he like it when the beat goes \u201cduh dun duh\u2026\u201d).<\/em><\/p>\n

On that note, we’re going to call it a day … and maybe go home to hug our pets. Those “Who Rescued Who?” bumper stickers may have poor grammar, but the sentiment is on point. Dogs are the goofiest, happiest, most loyal creatures known to man. They make us talk in stupid voices. They sometimes ruin our stuff. And doggone it, we love them.<\/p>\n

Update: The day was a huge success, and we raised $250 for the APA Adoption Center<\/a>. Check out the TYDTWD album on Facebook<\/a>.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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