i have be try to nail down what about this film bug me . then i again read the film dvd jacket which promise a film that be quirky . amuse . and . funny and a film about a woman and peggy and who be describe in exact detail a representa happy go lucky woman who have many friend who appreciate her and a job that utilize her skill . she have a nice home and she have her beloved dog pencil . presently and she choose to be single . then something happen that send her into the dog eat dog world of search for love . wow and i be think . devote pet owner and romance and comedy and laugh and the search for love . all the element need for a wouldifferent slice of life film . so what be bug me . perhaps the bait and switch marketing approach which find me view a vastly different movie . the movie i view deliver a very dark story ( albeit some funny moment ) that chronicle the emotional deconstruction of peggy in all it depressing fashion and from frame one to film end and to wit representpeggy beloved dog pencil tragically die of toxic poisoning . her new replacement dog valentine kill a small defenseless dog . valentine be then put to death . peggy attempt to kill ( knife ) her neighbor . peggy commit a felony against her sister by maliciously destroy thousand of dollar of her sister property . we see peggy metamorphosis into an obsess animal right advocate . peggy attempt to show her young niece how chicken be slaughter . peggy sister and brother in law be understandably distraught . peggy embezzles from her employer and be fire . peggy take 15 dog into her home where they run wild use her home ( pardon the phrase ) a a litter box . the dog be remove from her home on the basis that peggy be now maltreat animal . after need psych treatment peggy feigns resurrection by first return to her home and job ( yes her employer actually take her back ) and then in a flash turn her back on all . peggy animal right obsession resurfaces with a vengeance . it compel her to drive off and on a distant animal right mission and leave home and job and family behind . for the first time in her recent life peggy be also and can you believe it and petless . new title for this amusing and quirky and search for love and funny and pet loving film represent petless and friendless and jobless and familyless and homeless and loveless but happily obsess . also mislead . in the film we never see peggy embark on any search for love . two men initiate brief dead end involvement in her life .