The Secret Life of Pets meets Toy Story in this new illustrated series about doggy day care buddies who follow some of their wilder instincts.  There’s nothing a Good Dog can’t handle!   Lulu, King, and Hugo are thrilled when the day starts with a wonderful surprise: Their favorite human from Good Dogs doggy day care is getting married, and there’s going to be a big party! Before the celebration, though, the Good Dogs face some unwelcome surprises. Besides a few truly terrible haircuts (Lulu might never pose for a picture again!) and puppy training that is not going well, the stressed-out humans are making mistakes that threaten to ruin the wedding. It’s up to the Good Dogs to make some daring escapes and bold moves to save the day. Luckily, these Good Dogs know being good friends is worth some risks. Wait till you hear all about them from Lulu, King, and Hugo! "Laughs! Friendships! Mutts! BUTTS! Rachel and David obviously crawled into the brains of A LOT of dogs (and one squirrel) for this book, and the proof is in the pages!" - Mindy Thomas, Wow in the World podcast   "Every day I read this book was the OPPOSITE of a bad day! These wonderful dogs took me on the adventure of a lifetime, one with tail-wagging twists and turns." –Bowen Yang, Saturday Night Live   "A riveting insider's look at what it's REALLY like to be a dog living in the 21st century. Be a GOOD HUMAN and read this book to fully understand your furry masters." --Rachel Bloom, co-creator and star of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Rachel Wenitsky (@RachelWenitsky) is a comedy writer and actor who has written for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Saturday Night Live , and Reductress . She is the head writer and a co-host of The Story Pirates Podcast , a kids and family podcast on Gimlet Media. David Sidorov (@DavidSidorov) is a comedy writer and director who has written for A lternatino with Arturo Castro, Odd Mom Out, The Gong Show, Billy on the Street, and Holey Moley . He was a field producer and director on T he Rundown with Robin Thede , and was formerly a writer and director at The Onion . Rachel and David are a married couple living in Brooklyn, New York. This is their first novel. They do not have a dog at the time of writing these bios, but hope that they will by the time you're reading this! Tor Freeman (@tormalore) was born in London and received a degree in illustration from Kingston University. She has written and illustrated many children's books and was awarded a Sendak Fellowship in 2012. Tor has also been published in magazines and taught art to students of all ages. Chapter 1 KING   Grass! Dirt! Trash can! Stick! Grass! Trash! Human leg! King had a lot of favorite things, and the park was home to most of them. He darted around excitedly, smelling the familiar smells, then stopped suddenly in his tracks. “A leaf! Leaf! Look at this leaf! Check it out! A leaf!” King wagged his tail wildly as he shouted to Lulu and Hugo. He knew that the humans in the dog run just heard a series of excited barks and yelps, but his friends understood. “Seems like King really loves that leaf,” Lulu said. She was sitting under a tree, biting into a chew toy shaped like a designer handbag. King inched closer to the leaf, stuck out his nose, and took in a big whiff. Mmm, he thought. There’s nothing like the smell of a red leaf sprinkled with a little bit of dirt and pee in the morning! “Stick! Stick! Stick! Check it out! A stick!” King turned to see Waffles the puppy running toward him, carrying a stick that was bigger than her whole body. Ohhh yeah, he thought. Definitely gonna play with that. “Careful with that thing, Waff!” Hugo called out to his new younger sister. He and Napoleon were racing each other across the fenced-in area, both chasing the same ball that Erin had thrown. But King noticed that even while Hugo was playing, he always had a watchful eye on Waffles. “I’m serious, Waffles!” Hugo warned as he stopped running. “You could hurt somebody with that thing!” “Zoe lets me play with big sticks all the time!” Waffles yelped. “I love Zoe as much as you do, but you have to remember that she’s a five-year-old human and I’m an eight -year-old dog, so I think I know a little bit more—” “Ha! Ya snooze, ya lose!” Napoleon barked, grabbing the ball and bumping Hugo with his rear end as he swiveled to sprint back to Erin. She was King’s owner and his favorite human in the world. She also ran Good Dogs doggy day care, so she was keeping an eye on all of his friends—including Cleo, his big sister, a German shepherd mix, who was diligently running laps. She was so fast that nobody could catch up with her. King and Waffles tumbled in the dirt, chewing on opposite ends of the stick. They were playing a game they had recently invented called the Stick Game, which involved tumbling in the dirt and chewing on opposite ends of a stick. King felt like he was a little better at the Stick Game, since he was a slightly old