Melanie Travis' Uncle Max has just been found dead on the floor of the kennels where he and his wife, Melanie's Aunt Peg, keep the Standard Poodles they show. Not only is Max found dead, their champion Poodle Beau is missing. What has happened to Beau? Could he have just run away? Or has he been dognapped? Join Melanie and her 4yo son Davey as she tries to find Beau and learn if the heart attack that killed Max might have been more than a coincidence. As Melanie tries to solve these two mysteries she also learns about show dogs and their breeders and handlers.