There are 14 rules Sam must abide by when he shows up to work at The Motion Agency in downtown Chicago. He can only use the freight elevator to get to his 10th-floor office at the historic Reid Murdoch Building. He isn’t allowed inside the restrooms or kitchen. He can’t attend meetings in the conference room. But the most critical rule Sam must follow? He must be attached to a leash at all times when he’s in the building. Sam is Motion Agency Senior Vice President Wheatley Marshall’s 6-year-old shepherd mix, and he has just recently been allowed into the building as part of the company’s push to bring people back to work. “It just makes people happy to have their dogs with them,” Marshall said. 
The coronavirus pandemic started a pet adoption spree, and now nearly half of all U.S. households own a dog. As company executives look to find ways to bring their human employees back under one roof, dog-friendly policies are increasingly being used as a lure.That means…  Read the full story here. | 
