These 300 haiku capture moments with the author's dog in ways that will make you laugh out loud and nod in recognition. Life with a dog involves excitement, surprises, ridiculous situations, opportunities to exercise patience, sweet moments, frustration and pure love. It all starts with the eye-rolling silliness and unpredictability of a puppy, and over time settles into the familiarity and companionship of a grown dog who never quite loses its knack for making you wonder from time to time, What Now?!

Melissa S. Anderson and her beloved husband live in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with their dog, Poppy. She spent 36 years at the University of Minnesota, where she was a professor of higher education, and five years teaching in the math department at St. Olaf College earlier in her career.