Eli the Chihuahua, also known as "Eee-Pie-Pie," is a very bad dog. At only nine pounds he has discovered how to defy a $900 invisible fence system. He pees on imported Italian silk fabric. He won't let anyone pet the family cat in peace. And yet, his owner, Joni B. Cole, has accidently ranked him higher than her husband and kids on her "happy list" and imagined kidnapping scenarios when a paperwork mix-up threatened to relocate him after his adoption went through. In answer to countless memoirs recently published about shiny-coated yellow labs, or similar loping breeds, Cole brings new energy to the "bad dog" genre with her pup, a tiny mutt with blackish, fuzzy fur and big, pointy ears. To the purebred breeders of the world, the closest Cole can guess is that Eli is a disheveled Chihuahua Bat.

Cole's talent for turning everyday moments into hilarious and meaningful episodes show that even the smallest occasions can mean a huge amount of laughter. The lessons Cole has learned from being a mother, wife and pet owner are more practical than heartwarming, and her charismatic voice is more honest than sentimental ("Unfortunately, my career as an author had not been going so well these past couple years, not since I'd discovered the ‘Watch Instantly' option on NetFlix"). Another Heartwarming and Hilarious Dog Story offers a message of simple love through essays of everyday proportions.