"While rehearsing for a play, Charles meets Cooper, a corgi with a whole lot of personality. Charles only feels comfortable onstage with Cooper there with him. Can Charles find this star of a pup a home?"--Back cover.
Charles takes in Sweetie, a tiny poodle puppy, but Buddy gets jealous every time Sweetie comes too close to Charles and Lizzie, who try to find a new home for Sweetie before Buddy's feelings get hurt.
When Charles and Rosalie find a small, abandoned Dalmation with a lot of energy outside their home, they take him in, and even after the puppy, Pico, destroys a Halloween costume, they remain positive that they can find a good place for him.