All of his life, Trouble has been treated to the best of everything by his elderly owner, MRS. VANDERWHOOZIE. When she passes away, she leaves her enormous fortune to her beloved canine companion and entrusts him to the care of her only relatives, NORBERT and CLAIRE. But the greedy siblings ignore Trouble as they make plans to sell off their aunt’s valuables, and in the commotion, he gets packed away and shipped off with the estate-sale items.