Cornel, a pampered dog, living the high life, has one big secret: he is highly intelligent to the point where he can not only talk, read and write; but understand things like poetry and the laws of physics. The only other one who knows this is his dog-sitter and best friend Bernie Barges, whose lack of integrity, morals or smarts lead Cornel to despair. Although their don’t always see eye to eye the one thing they are both afraid of is that the outside world will find out about Cornel’s talents, and that it would end up with him on a scientist’s experiment table.