Soon after the Lowry family leaves the big city for small time life, they are "adopted" by a very clever, yet lovable, stray Golden Retiever - Pilot.  It's not long before they discover that Pilot is pregnant.  They grow very close to the puppies but know they must give them away after they've been weaned.  However, Pilot is determined to get her puppies back with her Pilot in the lead, they set off on a quest to retrieve all of the puppies - an adventure that helps them to realize what is really means to be a family.