Whether it’s pedigree pups or mangy mutts, decorators’ dogs are valued members of staff at embroidery and print shops from Barking to Furness.​ Here we have Tyson from FIT-Shirts in Woolwich, London

Full name: Tyson “The Fury” FIT-Shirt Wilson

Breed: American bulldog

Age: Five years old

Time at company: Four years

Job title: Chief morale officer and senior snack inspector

Job description: Responsible for conducting surprise morale checks, quality testing all dropped food items and rigorously supervising sofa comfort levels. Provides highly questionable but enthusiastic emotional support during high pressure print deadlines, often uninvited but always appreciated.

Special skills: Can detect the crinkle of a snack packet from three rooms away and firmly believes, despite zero formal training, that every workplace problem can be solved with a well-timed nap break.

Favourite colour: Bone – Pantone 7527U – because it reminds him of his favourite thing, bones!