It's Gone to the Dogs: Hapless Hounds and Hopeless Heroes

Rachel had two red lines: she’d never move to the North of England; and she’d never own a dog. Yet somehow, she finds herself living among the wild, wind carved Yorkshire Dales – a landscape so dramatic it can rearrange your priorities, your plans, and occasionally your entire life. And she’s still wondering: how on earth did I get here?

With sharp wit, unfiltered honesty and a startling amount of emotional bravery, It’s Gone to the Dogs – Hapless Hounds and Hopeless Humans dives into the glorious mess of human nature. Rachel is a razor sharp observer of people, and her stories capture the everyday chaos of imperfect humans doing their best – and sometimes their absolute worst – their heartbreaks and small triumphs echoing across a decade of unexpected reinvention.

Funny, uplifting and unexpectedly profound, this is the story of a woman who learns how to begin again – repeatedly – against a backdrop of brooding moorland skies, relentless weather, and the dogs who made starting over not just possible, but necessary.