About the Author

Phil Owens started his working life with a variety of jobs, working on the fairground, tyre fitting, through to TV aerial rigging. He then started as a Saturday kitchen porter in a chain of pizza restaurants, leaving 4 years later as the head chef. After a brief period of working as a manager, he left the catering trade to start a new career in a burgeoning IT industry. He is now employed as a Service Delivery Manager at a hospital in Suffolk, where he is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the IT infrastructure.

Working in IT has given Phil some valuable skills, ones that he brought to use in writing his first book. He says, "two of the main skills that I feel are transferable are, logical thinking, and attention to detail. Saying that, when writing my book, both of these went out of the window for quite a while." Nevertheless, the finished article is one that Phil should be proud of.

His love of animals has led him to be responsible for many dogs throughout his life. These have in the main, been rescue dogs, and have come with all sorts of behavioural problems. Despite having several dogs that have had destructive tendencies, Kopek has been the biggest challenge to date. The continuos tales of woe from both Phil and Ronnie, caused their friends to urge him to write them down. Phil says, "I never dreamed that I could fill a whole book with these tales. but it just goes to show, how much Kopek has managed to do with his short life so far."

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