{"product_id":"point-unit-john-francis-9798196543203","title":"Point \u0026 Unit: A Tactical Memoir by Two Very Small Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOINT \u0026amp; UNIT: A Tactical Memoir by Two Very Small Dogs\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDay seventy-nine. The kennel smelled like bleach, wet concrete, and the slow erosion of hope. Then a family of four walked in, a clipboard was signed, a card was swiped, and two very small dogs were redeployed to a post they had not requested, with a unit they had not vetted, under conditions they could not have anticipated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Point. Eight pounds of coiled alertness. A Chihuahua-Miniature Pinscher mix who handles reconnaissance, threat assessment, and perimeter security, and who has never once retreated from a threat he could see.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Unit. Twelve pounds of strategic mass. A Chihuahua-Pug mix who handles food location, food acquisition, food inventory, and the occasional morale operation, mostly conducted from a horizontal position.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether they look like a before-and-after diagram for two completely different experiments, neither of which went according to plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold entirely in the deadpan operational voices of two rescue dogs who insist they are not bonded but are absolutely bonded, \u003ci\u003ePoint \u0026amp; Unit\u003c\/i\u003e is the year-one mission log of a bonded pair adjusting to civilian life with their adoptive family: the Commander, the Quartermaster, and two Small Assets who drop chicken on a reliable schedule. Across twenty-seven chapters, the operatives confront thunder they cannot bark at, a bathtub they did not consent to, a cat on a wall who is winning, a Thanksgiving turkey worth four documented interceptions, and a girl who saw past the flat face and the oversized ears and decided one small dog was worth the cheese and the blanket and a hand on his side while she read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a comedy. It is also, quietly, a love letter to bonded pairs, senior dogs, and the operators whose paperwork says \"feisty\" and whose hearts say something else entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFans of \u003ci\u003eMarley \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Racing in the Rain\u003c\/i\u003e, and the deadpan absurdism of \u003ci\u003eThe Oatmeal\u003c\/i\u003e will recognize the territory. Readers who have ever signed a clipboard and walked out of a shelter with a dog they \"weren't going to adopt\" will recognize themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novel for anyone who has ever been claimed by a small dog with a large personality. A funny, tender mission report in two voices, by two small dogs, neither of whom is going to admit how much this house matters and the Humans that occupy it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny enough to read aloud. Tender enough to keep on the shelf next to the dogs we have loved. For everyone who has ever brought home a rescue and watched them figure out, slowly and on their own schedule, that they were home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196543203\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66d","brand":"John Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174262579455,"sku":"9798196543203","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/point-unit-john-francis-9798196543203","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}