A memoir of fifteen years at Britain's most-loved dogs' home. Melissa Wareham always wanted to work with dogs. After failing her Biology O-level she realised she'd have to start at the bottom, cleaning out kennels at Battersea Dogs Home. Amongst the clamour of thousands of lost pets crying 'Rescue me!' and the noise of the railway lines above, Melissa found she had come home. The first dog Melissa fell for was Tulip; next up was Roscoe; and then - many, many dogs later - there was Gus. With his owner in jail, Melissa finally found the dog she was to take home as her own.