I Never Wanted a Dog Anyway, is a tongue-in-cheek collection of stories, in cowboy poetry style, recounting actual happenings in the life of the author and her spouse during their reclining years. Through the poems the reader will come to know the parade of unintentional pets that co-inhabited the author's country home. The dogs provided hours of comic relief, frustration, and heart-ache; I Never Wanted a Dog Anyway reflects all of the emotions encountered by their owners. The book contains numerous comical illustrations by the author's grandson who has captured the whimsical, mischievous and even heroic personalities of this canine brigade.