It's Hard to Be an Animal: A Novel

Long way here. "Isabel’s first true love, though, was Simon, a fluffy puppy who’d been saved from the meat trade. As the highs and lows of her twenties hit Isabel in wave after wave, it was Simon who kept her grounded. Together, Isabel and Simon created a community of dog-lovers and a tight-knit group of friends pursuing their dreams." from the description of Isabel klees new memoir exploring the realities of dog rescue. There is a conneciton here to the The Sheep Detectives movie too which made me revisit this novel.