A Guide to Responsible Dog Ownership

Sometimes you don’t get the dog you want, you get the dog you need.

 

With a little common sense and a reliable guidebook, finding the perfect dog should be the easiest thing in the world. Do your research, follow the rules, show them who’s boss and everything will go exactly to plan… Or will it?

Told through hilariously serious instructions and paired with illustrations that reveal a very different story, this laugh-out-loud picture book celebrates the messy reality of welcoming an enormous, chaotic, smelly and uncontrollable new family member. Perfect for dog lovers, rule-breakers and anyone who knows that the best companions rarely come in perfect packages.

 

• The discrepancy between the deadpan text and the
chaotic illustrations makes it hilarious.

• A fresh twist on the new pet story – Piddles will find his
way into young readers hearts.

• Perfect for reading aloud (in a very serious voice).

 

 

THE ILLUSTRATOR

 

Daisy Wynter is a Sussex-based illustrator. As a child she was a bookworm and a compulsive doodler, and this hasn't really changed in adulthood. Since graduating from the Children’s Book Illustration MA at Goldsmiths, she has illustrated The Egg Incident (Cicada, 2023) and Shoes! (Cicada, 2025) She works primarily in pencil and gouache, and especially loves drawing dogs. This is her first authored book.