The movie begins with the jeep of the Brody family pulling up to the house. Mrs Carolyn Brody (Elizabeth Perkins) and her son Scott (Alexander Pollock) bring in the groceries and the family's Bloodhound Buddy immediately starts giving chase to a cat. His chase involves running through a park, into a neighbor's house, and more. Then he finds the cat lying 'dead' on the street, obviously faking. The cat gets up and runs away, and a blue van being driven by cats pulls up and kidnaps Buddy. Meanwhile, Mr. Tinkles is sent to live with Sophie and her sisters, who dress him in ridiculous outfits.