Walking Ollie

One winter's afternoon, Stephen Foster walks into a dog re-homing centre with the intention of picking up aretired greyhound. Instead, he acquires an abandoned lurcher pup.Foster's knowledge of dogs is so vague that he has to look up 'lurcher' in key reference work of The Giant Book of the Dog to find out what sort of animal is coming to join his family. His research counts for little: the new arrival does not conform to any known breed standard, or insdeed any standard whatsoever that might be considered dog-normal. Walking Ollie is for anyone who has ever loved a dog- a hilarious and very touching account of one man's struggle to turn a decidedly difficult dog into something resembling a domestic pet.