LONDON'S NUMBER ONE DOG-WALKING AGENCY

In 2006, Kate MacDougall was working a safe but dull job at the venerable auction house Sotheby�s in London. After a clumsy accident nearly destroyed a precious piece of art, she quit Sotheby�s and set up her own dog-walking company. Kate knew little about dogs and nothing about business, and no one thought being a professional dog walker was a good use of her university degree. Nevertheless, Kate embarked upon an entirely new and very much improvised career walking some of the city�s many pampered pooches, branding her company �London's Number One Dog Walking Agency.� With sharp wit, delightful observations, and plenty of canine affection, Kate reveals her unique and unconventional coming-of-age story, as told through the dogs, and the London homes and neighborhoods they inhabit. One walk at a time, she journeys from a haphazard twentysomething to a happily�and surprisingly�settled adult, with love, relationships, drama, and home ownership along the way. But, as Kate says, �It�s all down to the dogs� and what they taught her about London�and life.