Business helps offices become dog-friendly

Colleen Lyons-Cubides doesn’t bring her own dogs to the office, but she appreciates it when her co-workers do. 

“If you are having a bad day, or just had a bad phone call,” said Lyons-Cubides, “you just go pet a dog.” 

Lyons-Cubides feels that herself, but she also pays special attention to the soothing affects office dogs have as the HR office manager for Animal Arts, a Boulder-based architecture company that specializes in designing places for animal care, including veterinary hospitals and clinics. 

The business seems like a natural place for office dogs, right? Well, that’s mostly true: Lyons-Cubides has worked there for three…