Jonathan Unleashed, by Meg Rosoff

The smartest and most interesting thing about this book is its title. It is quite possible the title was devised first and the story was dreamed up to fit it. In a wicked twist, the hapless protaganist is a ditzy male in the wrong job and with the wrong partner, instead of a ditzy female. The characters are thinly drawn, with the dogs more believable than most of the humans. Jonathan’s romantic dilemmas are ludicrous. There are occasional funny moments to get you through what is otherwise predictable chick lit.