Office Dogs

I’m Luca and I belong to our Director of Programs, Joe Debiec. I have traveled to Canada, Florida, and all over the east coast. My owner Joe does a lot of boring human stuff—too much sitting if you ask me. I love being a CIS Abroad pup and finding all of the yummy crumbs around the office. One thing I do not like are cartoons or dressing up in fancy clothes. If you can’t find me, I am probably somewhere snuggling up nice and cozy.

Hey everyone, I’m Ollie! My job at CIS is Trusty Sidekick to University Relations Director Kent Moore. My interests include licking people’s toes, foraging for mushrooms, playing with the neighborhood deer, and taking long fulfilling naps. I don’t have a passport yet but I do have big travel plans. First up: France– I hear the paté is delicious. Then maybe Thailand- have you heard about the Veterinary Science Semester in Thailand program? So many animalsss, amazing!

Dudley here! I belong to Kris Holloway, President and Queen of CIS Abroad. I haven’t traveled much, but my mother is from Australia…does that count? My owner gives me the best belly scratches and feeds me meat-flavored dog biscuits. My favorite thing about being a CIS Abroad pup is the constant love. My pet peeve is that beeping sound that trucks make when they back up. All in all, I try to wag more and bark less.

Remi belongs to our marketing guru Neal and his family. “Cobber” means best mate in Australian.. “mate” means friend 🙂 and Remi is best friend to all in the office. Remi is in training to be a school therapy dog so he always has lots of love to give.

You are looking at me so I know that means you want to play! When I’m not doing important things like training my family how to give me treats, or chasing squirrels, playing is pretty much all I do. Nick B is my owner, he is still a work in progress, but he is getting better at giving treats when I ask him to. Let’s play.

Sawasdee, My name is Boba, I am David’s best friend, he is the Country Director in Thailand he makes sure that CIS Abroad students in Thailand are happy and healthy, like me! We live in Bangkok and travel a lot around Thailand to blue beaches, cool cafes (they bring me treats), beautiful mountains, and repeat! We just love it here! I am good at snoring and packing, I never forget to sneak myself and my toys in Davids’ suitcase when he packs, I just want to make sure that he doesn’t forget me. For me nothing beats fresh mangos under a nice tree by the beach, and that’s how we do it here all year round! Hope to see you all in Thailand.

Also known by his aliases Little Ned, Nedly, and Little Prince, Ned has taken over the home Jenn Engel, CIS Abroad’s VP of Academic Affairs. Ned was rescued from a bad situation by animal control before making his way to the Engel home and the CIS Abroad Chicago office. Generally considered a reliable worker, having won the Chicago office’s Employee of the Month award twice, on occasion he has been known to nap while on the job. He’s a complex little fellow who enjoys long hikes in the woods, watching football on TV, belly scratches, bringing home “treasures” found on his walks around the neighborhood, and using his big, brown puppy eyes to convince any human in the vicinity to give him treats (favorites include meat jerky, and cheese). Known associates: Ned is often seen playing with a black lab named Tootie (AKA Toots McGoots) and the yellow lab named Petunia (AKA Tuna) who lives next door.

Hi ya’ll, my name is Sam and I work side by side with the Chief Strategy Officer here at CIS Abroad, Scott Tayloe, at our home in Florida. Typically during the work day you can catch me in the background of zoom calls as I work hard at collecting as many tree limbs and rocks from the yard as possible. In the off hours over the weekend I love playing catch with my human siblings or relaxing at our local beach.

Lucille ‘Lucy’ is an adopted unknown mixed breed, 9 years old who belongs to Carrie, our program enrollment coordinator in Spain. She is a very “talkative” opinionated old lady we say! She is very sweet and loves to be by our sides at all times.

I’m Dark Pepino, which means [dark] cucumber in Spanish. Not sure why they called me this way but I boast having an international veggie name. I like pumpkin skin and apples more than meat and my favorite hobby is sleeping in the sun. I’ve been 13 years exploring life with these humans and feel grateful for the shared love and the cat brother I recently got.