After the disappearance of one of her beloved humans, a dachshund tries to acclimate to life without her. But, when yet another loss strikes, the dachshund's life is changed forever.

Vignettes of a number of relationships, most of them troubled, are glimpsed through the descriptions of creatures in this bestiary of the imaginary.

An Irish terrier finds himself in heaven surrounded by everything he had ever wanted before death, but cannot find fulfilment without the one thing he left behind in New York City.

A dog’s owners give her the ability to talk and realize she’s Black.

After his father abandons him and his mother, leaving them with two hunting dogs, a teenage boy tries to save them from ending up in the shelter.

Bundy, an old man, agrees to take care of Miss Tyler’s dog. However, Bundy is ashamed of the pet, and waits for the canine to die.

A family's beloved dog dies during a storm, and they bury him in their backyard — only to find the same dog scratching at their door three days later, back from the dead.

A young girl living with her grandparents is spectator to the conflicts between the members of their restaurant family—including their vicious guard dog, to who she forms an attachment.

A young woman and her sister-in-law travel to Fiji to capture an infamous vampire dog, risking their lives in the process, for a well-paying doctor who claims to need them for his sick son. Only one of them returns home, and the doctor is revealed to have alternative plans for the dogs.

A Boy Scout and his loyal dog emigrate to a human colony on Venus.