If you're an animal lover you will relate to the pain of losing a beloved pet. More than this though, this book explores multiple themes and I defy you not to recognise yourself in at least some of them. A good read.

This is a great book, but I suspect the amount a reader will be riveted by the search and (spoiler alert) eventual discovery of Wolfie will be directly proportional to how much they love dogs and if they have a dog themselves. Saying that I raced through this book. It’s got everything: love, London life, hedonism, fashion and most of all, cute dogs. It restored my faith in humanity.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me a review copy in exchange for an honest review.

A book for dog lovers and it was funny in parts. Set in and around west London, there are some good characters but the style of writing and vulgar language at times, just left me disappointed. I read it over a day. My thanks to Net Galley for my ARC. Reviewed on Facebook, Amazon and Goodreads.

I had been putting off reading this as, although I like dogs I find books about animals annoying on the whole - I know, I'm a right grump. So glad I finally read Lost Dog, it is a delight. Spicer writes so well with searing honesty and doesn't spare anyone's feelings, beit ours or hers. Her love for Wolfy is as real a love affair as anything could be. I fell in love with Wolfy too. He is her salvation, her reason to be, her child substitute possibly, certainly her rock. And when he runs away I feel her loss and desperation. This isn't really a book for readers of animal stories, it just isn't nice enough. Instead it is a tale of modern life and how we all need to give and receive unconditional, simple love.

I am a dog owner so couldn't wait to read this but sad to say I just couldn't get into it. It just didn't flow well for me. Sorry.

Thank you to NetGalley for the chance to read this book.
I confess I started with hope and anticipation but....gradually that dwindled away. In fact, I did not get as far as the arrival of a dog......the language got worse and worse and really don't like to be force fed foul four-letter words. I am sorry I don't believe it added to the narrative and I personally find it unnecessary and uncomfortable reading. Thus I abandoned the book. Sorry.

Kate wants to change her daily routine of casual drink and drug use whilst writing the odd article for numerous lifestyle magazines. She lives with her partner Charlie in a fashionable part of London (but not so fashionable flat) and their relationship could be best described as tolerable. Into her life comes Wolfy a cross lurcher with shaggy dog features loveable and needy, the perfect companion for Kate to turn all her affections "what an unequalled joy it was to love and be loved with no conditions, even by a dumb animal" One day whilst leaving Wolfy in the watchful hands of her brother, Wolfy it would appear, decides he has no further need for his affectionate yet annoying(my opinion) owner and does a runner. The remainder of this "shaggy dog story involves Kate's 9 day search for her loveable pooch and the will she or wont she find him dilemma that ensues. There are some good characters introduced along the way most notable being the midnight runner (likes to train at night when the streets are empty) and Anna Twinney (the founder of reach out to horses...and it would also appear dogs) who for a price will make some "out of this world" contact with the missing pooch the hope being that Wolfy can be found. The excitement builds, the emotions are running high as the reader and Kate stumble from false sighting to false sighting...will she ever find him? You will need to read the story to find out. A pleasant enjoyable read with some tidy life observations...."Love isn't just neurotransmitters, is it? It's not just dependency. It is our route to something beautiful, mysterious and transcendent. Without it, life is a hollow set of functions and, frankly, pointless"....Many thanks to the good people at netgalley for a gratis copy in return for an honest review and that is what I have written.

Sadly it just wasn’t for me. Yes it’s a memoir and how getting a dog changed Kate’s life and it’s outlook.But I just was unable to connect with it.
Thank you to both NetGalley and Random House UK for my eARC in exchange for my honest unbiased review

I love reading books that features dogs and this one was very good one.
I loved how the author mixes the growing relationship with her dog, searching for him when he goes missing with reflections on the character life.
It's an engaging, entertaining and sometime moving book, I really liked it.
I loved the style of writing and how the writer developed the characters.
A very good read, highly recommended!
Many thanks to Penguin Random House UK and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

A memoir about the experience of getting a dog and the impact on one woman's life and relationships.

Ok so I’m guessing you’re pretty fond of dogs if you’re tempted by this book. It’s ostensibly about journalist Kate Spicer’s acquisition and love affair with her lurcher Wolfy and what happens when he goes missing. But it’s really a book about Kate’s struggle to make sense of - and peace with - her life.
It’s definitely a book of two halves: the first about Kate’s life and how she grows to love Wolfy, and the second about the hunt for him.
This means that the first half is a little bit of a slow burn and I suspect that whether you like it will depend on whether you like Kate and her addictive personality (I did).
The second half is fast-paced and tense as Kate searches for her beloved dog in increasing despair.
The main issue with this sort of novel is whether the author can write engagingly and Kate - as you’d expect from a journalist - can. She writes in a way that touches your heart. Her relationship with Wolfy is about her as much as her dog.
I’d recommend it to anyone who loves dogs and feel-good novels.