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Take Your Dog To Work Day

Jasmine Song, special to wtop.com

WASHINGTON — Dog lovers can get the chance to work with their furry friends on June 20 to celebrate the 16th annual

The event is one of the longest-running online pet-adoption campaigns and has grown in popularity since its creation in 1999 by Pet Sitters International.

Employers are encouraged to open their workplace to employees’ four-legged friends on this day to celebrate the human-canine bond and promote pet adoptions from local shelters, rescue groups and humane societies.

For cat owners — or any kind of pet — the week leading up to Friday is Take Your Pet To Work Week, June 16 to 20.

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