I loved it!
Read it a few months ago.
I liked The Search by Nora Roberts... based upon dogs in a way, but other things as well. She was a dog trainer so a large part of the story was about her and her Labs. I LOVED it!
Jodi Picoult has been a favorite author of mine for a while now, even before her big ones like My Sister's Keeper, etc, came out. I'm not fond of her recent one though but most of them I LOVE!!!