What Your Teen is Really Feeling. Supporting Your Child's Interests. Enjoying Quality Family Time Together. Those are some of the headlines I've seen in Mom's new parenting magazines. The one about quality family time is really messing with my life. Turk needs cash, but he's allergic to his own sweat so getting a job is out of the question. Then he makes a discovery: Girls love dogs. Turk's friends will do anything to meet girls.

Turk starts a dog walking business. His friends walk the dogs and Turk collects half the money. In an attempt to impress dog-loving Carly, Turk brags about his business in front of the school tough guy, Chuck. When Chuck learns the true nature of Turk's business and wants in on the action, Turk worries that he will lose his business and Carly's respect. Karen Spafford-Fitz discovered how well dogs attract people when she and her husband got their first dog. People always stopped to swap stories about the special dogs in their lives. Dog Walker is Karen's first published novel. Karen lives with her family in Edmonton, Alberta.