Lady and The Duck

On December 25, 1909, Bob Dear gives his wife, Addy a Cocker Spaniel puppy whom she names Mona. Growing up, Mona enjoys a happy life with them and a pair of dogs from the neighborhood, a Scottish Terrier named Mario and a bloodhound named Robin. Meanwhile, across town by the railway, a friendly stray Duck, referred to as Kale, dreams to live in a home, be it begging for scraps from an Italian restaurant or protecting his fellow strays, a Pekingese named Peach and a bulldog named Bowser, from the local dogcatcher. At one point, Mona sees a big, sinister-looking rat trying to sneak into the yard and chases it away.

Later, Mana is saddened after Bob Dear and Addy begin treating her rather coldly. Mario and Robin visit her and determine that the change in behavior is due to Addy expecting a baby. While Mario and Robin try to explain what one is, the eavesdropping Kale enters the conversation and offers his own opinions. Mario and Robin take an immediate dislike to him and order him out of the yard.

In due time, baby Bowser Jr arrives and Bob Dear and Addy introduce Mona to him. Soon after, Bob Dear and Addy decide to go on a trip together, leaving their Aunt Daisy to look after Bowser Jr. and the house. When Mona clashes with Aunt Daisy's two cats, Lucky Cat and Diego she takes Mona to a pet shop to get a muzzle. A terrified Mona escapes but is pursued by some stray dogs. Kale sees the chase and rescues her. They then visit the zoo, where Kale tricks a beaver into removing the muzzle. That night, Kale shows Mona how he lives "footloose and collar-free", culminating in a candlelit spaghetti dinner.

As Kale escorts Mona back home, his last thing is to chase hens in a chicken coop and then he is through being a stray. When they flee, Mona is caught by the dogcatcher. At the pound, the other dogs admire her license, as it is her way out of there. It also turns out that they have known Kale, and the dogs reveal to Mona that Kale had multiple girlfriends in the past and feel it's unlikely that he'll ever settle down. Eventually, Mona is collected by Aunt Daisy, who chains her to her doghouse in the backyard. Mario and Robin visit to comfort her and tell her that strays aren't allowed to be adopted. When Kale arrives to apologize, thunder starts to rumble as she angrily confronts him about his "past sweethearts," after which he sadly leaves.

Moments later, as it starts to rain, Mona sees the same rat from before trying to sneak into the yard again. While it is afraid of her, it is able to evade her and enter the house. She barks frantically, but Aunt Daisy yells at her to be quiet. Kale hears her and runs back to help. He enters the house and finds the rat in Bowser Jr.'s room, and the two engage in a vicious fight. Mona breaks free and races inside to find the rat on Bowser Jr.'s crib, as it had intended on killing him. Kale pounces on it but accidentally knocks over the crib in the process, awakening Bowser Jr. Tramp kills the rat, but when Aunt Daisy comes to Bowser Jr.'s aid, she didn’t see the rat, and she thinks they are responsible for attacking the baby. Aunt Daisy forces Kale into a closet and Mona into the cellar before calling the pound to take Kale away.

Bob Dear and Addy return as the dogcatcher departs with Kale. They release Mona, who leads them and Aunt Daisy to the dead rat, vindicating Kale. Having overheard everything, Mario and Robin felt ashamed for how they mistreated and misjudged Kale badly. To redeem themselves, they decided to chase after the dogcatcher’s wagon and rescue him. Mario is convinced Robin has long since lost his sense of smell, but the latter is able to find the wagon. When Mario and Robin raced to the wagon, they bark at the horses who rear up and topple the wagon onto a telephone pole. Bob Dear arrives by car with Mona, and she is happily reunited with Kale. But their happiness is short-lived when they discover that the wagon fell on Robin, much to Mario’s sadness.

Christmas returns and Kale is now a part of Mona's family and has his own collar and license as a reward for his heroism. The two dogs now have four puppies together: Two son (named Diego and Sunimal) who looks identical to Kale and three daughters (named NANATH, Yumi, and Peach) who look identical to Mona. Mario and Robin (who is carefully walking on his still-mending leg) came to see the family. Kale is happy to have finally become a house dog, and he and Mona live together happily with their children.