It’s important that we unleash the all-important canine view on WFH (pronounced ‘woof’, naturally).

François Boucher A young lady holding a pug dog mid 1740s. Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of James Fairfax AC 1992
But now my humans are here ALL THE TIME!

Edouard Manet The cats 1868–1869. Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of Pamela and Hanns Schüttler 2012
The cats are oblivious.

Leonie Reisberg Untitled 1979. Art Gallery of New South Wales, anonymous gift 2012. © Leonie Reisberg
I get really excited!

David Moore Outside Buckingham Palace, London circa 1955. Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of Toni McDowell 1995. © Lisa, Michael, Matthew and Joshua Moore
Because now we go for walks five times a day!

William Dobell (Study of sleeping dog) (Late Sydney Period). Art Gallery of New South Wales, gift of the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation 1990. © Courtesy Sir William Dobell Art Foundation
Although, after a while, it gets pretty tiring!

Aleks Danko Log dog 1970. Art Gallery of New South Wales, John Kaldor Family Collection. © Aleks Danko
And I have to think of clever decoys to distract my humans.