WHO let the dogs ... in?

It’s apparently a question that doesn’t need to be asked at AFL House as league employees have been granted permission to bring one pooch to work per week.

That’s right, if you happen to get access to AFL headquarters you might get acquainted with chief executive Gillon McLachlan’s dog — although we’re not sure if he has one.

At the very least you will definitely get to meet the pet of an AFL staffer after McLachlan revealed on Thursday employees voted on a motion to bring their dog to work, providing it is trained and is up to date with vaccinations.

McLachlan said the idea came after an innovation meeting where AFL employees generated ideas to improve their workplace.

Ideas were then voted on and the top three implemented.

“One was a couple of sections of the AFL get redecorated and painted by the staff,” McLachlan told 3AW. “One was about a fitness, health and well-being program using Fitbits and getting fit and the other one was around the PawCity program — where people get to bring in one dog per week.

“They have to be vaccinated and trained and go through some hoops but yes it is true.”

The AFL boss says despite originally being unsure how it would work he admits it has been a huge success and extremely popular among staff.

“Older stagers like me were a little sceptical. There hasn’t been one issue — and I haven’t even noticed they’re there,” he said.

“People love it, it’s booked out for months.

‘There is a group of people who screen them to make sure they’re behaved ... and vaccinated and all that sort of stuff.”