Picking up a book on a whim at library is never a good idea

Sleeps With Dogs:
tales of a pet nanny at the end of her leash
by Lindsey Grant

I should have paid more attention to the subtitle. The writing is good and the memoir honest, fair and engaging. But the stories are grim.

She's trying to support herself by doing pet sitting for rich people. I like her, but I don't like rich people. Or at least not the kind of rich California idiots she was stuck working for. They were the dog owners who give dog owners a bad name.

And since she desperately needed the money, she felt like she couldn't turn down a job offer or refuse an unrealistic demand. And she had problems saying 'no' to people in general, but the time or two when she finally did were cheer-worthy!