Margot has no time for love. Will is afraid to love. And neither of them was going to fall in love with Flora: a gentle Staffordshire terrier with a tragic past, a head the size of a football and bottomless brown eyes. Margot and Will cross paths at a dog shelter , where after a series of misunderstandings they agree to take joint custody of Flora. Will thinks Margot is too emotional and demanding, and Margot thinks Will is withdrawn, unemotional, and controlling. And they're both right. But the more the owners argue, the worse Flora behaves, and then they realize that they must make at least some kind of truce in order to raise the dog together. Can they put aside their differences to become good owners, and perhaps even friends? Or maybe Flora has her own plans for a new family?