Take Your Cat To Work Day®
Pet Sitters International says it created Take Your Cat To Work Day and its 2026 calendar places it on Monday, June 22, opening Take Your Pet To Work Week, which ends with Take Your Dog To Work Day on the Friday after Father’s Day.
Date and recurrence
Monday that opens Pet Sitters International’s Take Your Pet To Work Week® (22 June in 2026)
This observance follows a reusable calendar rule rather than one fixed Gregorian date. The actual date can move from year to year. Rule: Monday immediately after U.S. Father’s Day (the third Sunday in June), opening PSI’s Take Your Pet To Work Week®
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is International / Pet Sitters International-created workplace pet-adoption campaign. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
Take Your Cat To Work Day
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Sources
- Pet Sitters International — 2026 pet holidaysOriginal Organizer
- Pet Sitters International — PSI overview / creation historyOriginal Organizer
- Pet Sitters International — trademark and licensing noticeOriginal Organizer
Frequently asked questions
When is Take Your Cat To Work Day®?
Monday that opens Pet Sitters International’s Take Your Pet To Work Week® (22 June in 2026) The stored recurrence guidance is: Monday immediately after U.S. Father’s Day (the third Sunday in June), opening PSI’s Take Your Pet To Work Week®.
Does Take Your Cat To Work Day® fall on the same date every year?
It follows a recurring calendar rule, so the Gregorian date can change from year to year.
Is Take Your Cat To Work Day® an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: International / Pet Sitters International-created workplace pet-adoption campaign. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes Take Your Cat To Work Day®?
The stored designation basis is: Pet Sitters International says it created Take Your Cat To Work Day and its 2026 calendar places it on Monday, June 22, opening Take Your Pet To Work Week, which ends with Take Your Dog To Work Day on the Friday after Father’s Day.. Supporting provenance includes Pet Sitters International — 2026 pet holidays. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Take Your Cat To Work Day® international or country-specific?
The record has international or global institutional scope: International / Pet Sitters International-created workplace pet-adoption campaign. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.
Other observances on June 20
These records also resolve to June 20, 2027 under the current authority data.
Día de la Bandera
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Father’s Day — United States statutory observance
36 U.S.C. §109 designates the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day and requests an annual presidential proclamation.
Martyrs Day
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National Dog Dad Day
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Ugliest Dog Day
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