We had a visitor in our office on Monday morning. She was polite and quiet as she waited in the office of Debbie Parker, our office manager at The Panolian.

Sadie is Debbie’s new dog, a rescue from Nashville. She’s a chihuahua-terrier mix, shiny black with demure white socks. Debbie’s son Blake had acquired her from a shelter where she was days away from being euthanized. As usual around this place, Sadie drew a crowd of friendly admirers. Except for Felicia.

Felicia Neal is our new classified advertising specialist who let us know that she’s not really a dog person. That’s O.K. We really don’t hold it against her because she is nice to humans. But Debbie said she should have admitted that on her resume, just the same.

Did you know that June 24  is Take Your Dog to Work Day? Looks like Sadie got her dates mixed up.

I just went through a mental checklist of Panolian staff members and their canine companions, and realized that things could get interesting if all those dogs decided to participate in TYDTW Day.

 Amy Geiger, one of our advertising representatives, owns two rescues. Or they own her.  And ad rep Bowen Bridges and his wife Abby have just adopted Tux, a border collie, who has also visited us at the office.

It’s not unusual for sports writer Brad Greer to walk into our office with his bulldog. Pressman Morgan and his wife Lindsay have brought their miniature Doberman Pinscher Prada and their bulldog O.J. by to visit.

John Howell is dogless, so without a qualifier for TYDTW Day. He has his hands full with a passel of feral cats at Miss Annie-Glenn’s Bed and Breakfast and at his and Rosemary’s home on Laurel Street in New Orleans.

Our own mutts, Shadow, Peyton and Mo, will probably skip TYDTW Day. They’d rather stay at home and chase squirrels or lie in front of their electric fan on the carport and wait for us to come home. It’s the high point of their day.

And ours.

We really need to convert Felicia.