LONDON’S NO 1 DOG WALKING AGENCY BY KATE MACDOUGALL
A true love letter to London, dogs and growing up
HARDBACK PUBLISHED BY BLINK PUBLISHING 8TH APRIL 2021
On the hunt for the perfect job, with the help of man’s best friend.
Kate McDougall always knew her heart wasn’t really in her job at Sotheby’s. All around her, friends were finding their dream jobs and whooshing up career ladders. After yet another breakage, this time of two precious porcelain pigeons, she had enough and walked out of her snoozy back office existence into the unknown world of the then-nascent gig economy.
London’s No 1 Dog Walking Agency is the story of her next 9 years and the dogs and people she meets along the way. There’s Wilson, the Labrador, who isn’t allowed to get muddy, even after his owners split up and then enlist Kate in their custody battle. There’s the chic trio of Islington couples whose immaculately arranged dog-walking schedule goes haywire when one of them gets off with the dog-walker Kate has employed. There’s Kate’s long-suffering, dog-agnostics boyfriend Finlay, and her mother, who is always on the alert for wedding bells.
Amongst all of this Kate herself trying to work out what she wants from life, and when, and how to get there.
MY REVIEW
I would like to thank Blink publishing so much for sending me this book to read and review.
I adored the bright and cheerful book jacket with a dog on a lead going for a walk in London. I have never been so gripped into an memoir as much as I did with this book.
Kate Macdougall gave up her job at Sotheby’s as she was bored and ventured out to a new job that was set within her heart, dog walking.
I one hundred percent recommend London’s No 1 Dog Walking Agency, as it’s so unputdownable it very hard not to read this book in one sitting.
I was eagerly turning the pages wanting to know more about Kate.
This book reads just like in a novel there are some very funny moments when Kate is taking dogs for a walk, and some sad parts.
Something I learned is I never knew how fussy owners could be with dogs, pampering them, and with strict rules when their dog is taken for a walk.
Kate takes dog lovers and readers through the journey of her dog walking agency, with all different kinds of breeds of dogs and crisis that do occur when trying to run your own business.
London’s No 1 Dog Walking Agency is absolutely brilliant from page one to the last page every one is talking about it because we all love it! This is why I recommend buying this book for yourself or a for a family member or a friend.
ABOUT KATE MACDOUGALL
Kate MacDougall is a freelance journalist who specialises in the countryside, lifestyle, interiors and all things dogs. She has written for Daily Telegraph, Country Life, Horse and Hound Homes and Antiquities and Period Living among others. She grew up in Shropshire, has lived in London, Edinburgh and New York, but now lives in Oxfordshire with her husband, three children and two very naughty dogs.
You can find Kate on her
website https://www.katemacdougallwrites.com
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