Plot Synopsis

After helping to design some of the most renowned buildings throughout Portland, interior designer Julia Galvins ventures out on her own, trying to land new business. Now working from home, she adopts a dog, King, an adorable lab-mix. While getting used to each other, she can't figure out why King doesn't respond to basic commands, and recognizes she needs some dog training skills. She reluctantly signs up for a few sessions taught by expert dog trainer Owen Michaels. Meanwhile, Julia lands a new client, prominent philanthropist Cassie Guggenheim who hires her to design her baby's nursery, and while drawing up plans and sketches, Julia also comes up with the idea of designing a "puppery" for her client's pregnant pug, Ginger. Both new additions to Cassie's family will have a space for feeding, sleeping, and spending time together. Julia admits she could really use some help from a dog expert in designing the puppery. She is then is asked by Cassie to plan an a puppy shower fund-raiser. During her dog training sessions with Owen they begin to fall for each other but soon Julia learns about his ex-girlfriend Bridget. At the puppy shower Julia spots Bridget talking to Owen. Believing she is seeing more than a just conversation between the two, she distances herself from Owen, saying she needs to focus on her career and not be distracted with a relationship, crushing Owen. But it's when Owen is able to show Julia that her the methods that she used with King, and with the rest of her life, isn't working very well, that Julia discovers that if she leads with confidence instead, the rest will fall into place.