Likeable account of running a ""dog hotel"" and the fractious, accommodating, difficult, delightful boarders who made the place a paying institution. There is practical information in both text and appendices, from an English angle, for those interested in the business, pointers on trimming, exercising, diseases, handling dogs (and their owners), all in readable form drawn from personal experience. Special interest for those in the business -- general interest for dog lovers.