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As most dog owners will attest, having a dog is great for severalreasons.
大多數養狗人士都能證明養狗確實有很多好處。
For one, dogs are typically loyal, steady companions.
首先，狗十分忠心，是長久的伙伴。
Many studies have shown that caring for a dog is a great wayto get more exercise, relieve stress, and generally improve quality of life.
很多研究顯示養狗是鍛煉身體、釋放壓力及提高生活質量的好方法。
And, according to one study, bringing your dog to work can also make you and your co-workers more productive.
同時，一項研究指出，帶狗去上班可以提高你和同事們的工作效率。
But wait. Wouldn't having a bunch of dogs running around the office create chaos?
等等。一群狗狗在辦公室里相互追逐難道不會引起騷亂嗎？
They need tobe walked, fed, played with, and what happens when two or more dogs don't get along.
它們需要散步、吃東西、和人玩，如果兩只或者更多只狗無法和平相處又會發生什么事。
Who wants an office dog fight?
誰會希望辦公室里上演狗狗大戰呢？
According to the study, though, as long as dogs are properly screened and are generally friendly,their presence in the workplace may enhance productivity by lowering stress and increasing camaraderie and physical activity.
研究表明，只要狗狗經過適當的篩選，選擇那些溫順的狗狗帶去工作，他們的出現就能夠幫助緩解壓力，增進同事間的感情，增加鍛煉進而提高工作效率。
The researchers studied around 500 workers for one week at a service manufacturing retailcompany.
研究人員對一家服務制造零售公司的500名員工進行了為期一周的考察。
Their most interesting finding was that self reported stress remained low throughout theday for employees who brought dogs to work and increased for workers without dogs.
最有趣的發現是，帶狗上班的員工稱自己當天的工作壓力較小，而沒有帶狗的員工則表示自己工作壓力較大。
The researchers also observed many non dog owners asking dog owning co workers to take their petsout for a walk.
研究人員還注意到非養狗人士會讓那些養狗的同事帶著他們的狗狗去散步。
Now, the study is preliminary and involves a relatively small sample size.
研究現在還處于初步階段，涉及的樣例相對較少。
And, of course, thebenefits of having dogs at work depends in part on the workplace.
當然，帶狗工作的好處還與工作場所有關。
But in general, job relatedstress is one of the biggest causes of burnout and absenteeism.
但一般來說，工作壓力是導致倦怠和曠工的最主要原因。
So bringing dogs and perhapsother pets to work may prove to be an easy, low cost way to lower stress and make you a betterworker.
因此，帶狗狗或其他寵物去工作也許是減少壓力的一種簡單、低成本的方法，同時還能夠使你在工作中表現得更好。
