Elena Marsh is a dog trainer and writer in Bristol. She has worked with rescue dogs, adolescent spaniels and one terrier who could open the fridge, and she teaches loose-lead walking and settling skills to ordinary households. She lives with Nell, a bearded terrier cross, and a cupboard of half-chewed cardboard. Her writing is about the unglamorous parts of life with a dog: the early walk, the wet Tuesday, the slow work of teaching a dog that the world is mostly safe.