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working dogs

Bring Your

Dog to Work

Proffitt PR

Jessica + Champ

written by: Jessica Proffitt Bracken | photography by: High Speed Sync Photography

n businesses, every employee is essential to the Champ enjoys sunsets on Grayton Beach, happy hour
Ioperation. You need a team to come together and at Wine World in Watercolor, swimming in our pool,
support one another in order to get the job done and all food (he’s not biased), and being the life of the party!
serve your clientele. At Proffitt PR, that team involves We owe his good behavior and fantastic personality to
one fluffy member that is the biggest support system Dog-Harmony. When we first got Champ at merely 10
of them all. He might not have a specific role within weeks old, I took him straight to Nancy Bown, Founder
the company, but he is always there to calm nerves, of Dog-Harmony, for training and haven’t looked back
oversee day-to-day operations, and bring a light into since. Best word of advice I have, as an extremely proud
the office. dog mom, is to treat your dog like your kid or your best
Of course, we’re talking about my six-year-old friend. This means taking them with you everywhere
goldendoodle, Champ! I made sure the day Champ was so they get accustomed to that lifestyle. No truer words
born, that he was by my husband and I’s side and along have been spoken than when they said dogs were a
for the ride no matter what we did or where we went, man (or woman’s) best friend!
which of course included work! Champ, fondly
known as Proffitt PR’s Barketing Assistant, has
become a part of the team and looks forward to
a day out just like his mama. When at the office,
he is always there to greet visitors with a smile
and if he is extra excited to see you, he may even
bring you one of his toys. I have been bringing
him into the office to work with me for as long
as I can remember. He usually sits nearby my
desk to make sure I am on task and so that he is
never too far away for a belly-rub break. I find
that bringing him into the office provides a little
release from our everyday hustle. He boosts the
mood in the office almost instantly and all of my
employees love having him around.
When not at the office, Champ is in the back
seat cruising with me from one meeting to the
next or prancing alongside at all dog-friendly
events.

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