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Melissa Wareham always wanted to work with dogs. After failing her biology O level she realised she d have to start at the bottom, cleaning out kennels at Battersea Dogs Home. Amongst the clamour of thousands of lost pets and the noise of the railway lines above, Melissa settles into her new life a passion. The first dog she falls for is Tulip, a sweet, elderly and somewhat dotty mongrel who decided a solo bus ride into the West End might be fun. Next up is Roscoe, found by the ambulance team with his dead owner, he is rehabilitated as a police sniffer dog. And then many, many dogs later there is Gus. His owner in jail, Melissa finally finds the dog she is to take home as her own. Over her fifteen years at Battersea Melissa meets as many eccentric humans as animals from frail old men looking for a four-legged companion to famous folk who ve lost their favourite hound. It seems that at some point everyone passes through Battersea s doors. This is both a poignant and delightfuly funny look at l

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Melissa Wareham spent fifteen years at Battersea Dogs Home, from February 1988 to September 2004. Her first job was as a kennel maid at the age of eighteen. She went on to become their rehoming manager and - as the BBC discovered the 'power of Battersea' - she became the TV face of the organisation appearing on Pet Rescue, The Big Breakfast, Kilroy, GMTV, Battersea Dogs Home (BBC), Style Challenge, Motormouth, The Generation Game and various interviews for news programs including London Tonight, BBC local news and Sky News.

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