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Study: Pets in the workplace help reduce stress

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    Anna Kooiman reports from the newsroom

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-- -- -- growing number of companies they're -- right allow employees to bring their.

Their pets to work like a good one is chimpanzees.

Monkeys and dogs for example these dogs all available it reduces the stress and equipment in the newsroom an expert.

Now -- as we're talking about dog you know we've heard about therapy dogs very often there animals like -- that my boy back that he kept.

We've -- therapy dogs being used to help our injured veterans when they come home are being used in retirement communities in nursing homes to make patients feel better but what about bringing your dog.

To work to lower your stress level there is a new study that was just done.

At the Virginia and Virginia commonwealth university and it it was conducted in North Carolina among dinner where company and they realize that employees who brought their dogs to work.

Had 11% lower stress levels by the end of today -- folks who had dogs but didn't bring them to work but do you think guys.

They apparently had 70% higher stress levels set -- We decided to go to the -- here on FOX & Friends we have dogs here in the news or we have dogs in the control room we have dogs and the current -- They're everywhere everywhere we've got to writer here this is Jesse from FOX & Friends -- warning.

Every Phelan with the with it copies around -- feeling Lester.

A little bit there -- sight for sore eyes you know you work hard and you do your job and that the little guys -- and it certainly alleviate some of the tension stressing you out at all.

All of us little guys put in my chair he spun me around a few times that I feel a little bit but not -- -- -- Well at least he's a little bit smaller than my back -- -- here you -- the carving out -- sea island.

Actually we're -- OK you know these dogs are great because they just let you sit there and you you just love them.

But -- here's the thing these dogs need homes -- you know what is the -- is humane society what is.

-- -- humane society and why.

-- and so yeah I get my dogs Holmes we get it -- and -- story in a positive way absolutely the one that you have there and we have about a half a dozen and there are -- humane society humane society and why that orbit we've got some tips for you and you are gonna bring your animals who -- -- -- -- -- in Charlotte -- Good morning -- Don't you write your baby -- is very.

Brody OK and -- the author of this I mean there's there's an entire chat about renewing your dog to work absolutely and if you had to -- -- -- street well -- house broken dog that's parasite -- Very very important you wanna bring a -- -- a bad a -- You definitely want the dog have a job to do with some toys I love these here -- toy because.

Youthful -- but the dog cat and a -- permission Q because businesses obviously could be liable if there is absolutely and also want to make sure that -- -- People who suffer from allergy dog allergies on the premises was it could be fatal hit and be sensitive to it absolutely a -- thank you so much thanks so much -- --

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