The book that I've read is called You had me at woof but Julie Klam. This book was published in 2010 and it talks about how she learns life lessons and how to be a better person in general from her dogs mostly and it all started with Otto.

Being a single woman in her 30's working part-time, Julie is ambitious and ready to start a life. One night, she had a dream about a Boston Terrier named Otto. When she woke up, and started her day, she decided out of the blue to get one. Once Julie finds her perfect little dog, she becomes obsessed with Otto, and wraps her life around him. After Otto she was devoted to help any other Boston Terriers, and helping them have homes. Through her experiences she learned some moral lessons, and opened her eyes more to the world.

After a few years, Julie is finally trying to move on and live her life as a normal mid-aged woman. She found herself a husband and was about to have a little girl. She was happy until Otto suddenly passed away. This great tragedy was the first obstacle in her life to become a better person. This quote is yiddish and it means "Man plans, God laughs."

This quote is representing the first sign of Julie learning one of her many moral lessons in life. She had realized that life can't be planned, and there will always be obstacles in her life, but it doesn't mean she can't get past them. This a sign of agent act. She understood that this is life, but she would make the best of it. Her solution was to join a rescue group for boston terriors, and fostering them when trying to find a place for them. It changed and somewhat improved her personality a bit, for example, she had confidence and strength.

After being in the rescue groups for a while, Klam comes across a sweet homeless dog, Rascal but later named Moses. For three months, she took care of him and gained his love, and became part of her family with her husband and 5 year old daughter, Violet. Unfortunely, this sets Julie for another heartbreak because one day Moses broke free from his dog walker and got hit by a SUV. Klam had to make one of the hardest thing to do, and gave permission to put Moses asleep.

This event forced Klam to be strong and courageous. With her first dog, Otto, she had time and just herself to cry, to feel sad, to do nothing, but not this time. She has a family, a husband, which she now cherishes all his sacrifices for her, and a daughter who is depending on her. She realizes that the relationships are important and must be held dear. And Yes, when it's time to say goodbye, it will be harder but it's because there's so much that she'd learned from Moses and so many experiences that they had together, and not just because she helped him out of horrible living condition. Klam knew this and took it into deep thought from this moment on.

Later in the book, she was fostering another dog named Dahlia. She was old and had a few fatty masses, age warts, and rotten teeth. But nonetheless, she took her in and tried to bring her health back up. During an appointment with her vet, she was told Dahlia may have Cushing's disease because it's symptoms matched up, but later they knew that wasn't the case. Apparently, Dahlia was pregnant and had puppies in their living room one night.

This quote shows the thought process in which Klam had. She was thinking about all her obstacles in her life and how much she's conquered in life. She started a career as an older woman in which she loved, she had a daughter at a later age, she had so many downfalls but later was just the beginning of a new chapter in life. She finally understood that she can be happy and strong and confident.

This book was her journey in growing up and learning about life and how it can't be planned. There's obstacles to overcome but there's always someone that is with you and that is helping you and in this case, her dogs. This book shows a good way of teaching those valuable lessons for the reader.