Randy and Eliza ran as far away from Hunter's museum as possible, laughing, after getting away from him. Randy said, "We did it; we got the moonstone ring back. Thanks for the help, partner." Eliza said, "I wouldn't say, partner." Randy said, "Ok. Teammate?" Eliza said, "Don't push it." Randy said, "Ok. Pal?" Eliza said, "How about you be a pal and take me to the meat." Randy thought about it and said, "Um, yeah. About that." Eliza said, "About what?" Randy said, "The meat. It's complicated." Eliza said, "Room full of meat? Sounds pretty uncomplicated to me." Randy said, "No. What I mean is right now is not the best time for me to bring home a dog." Eliza was shocked and said, "Oh, I get it. I guess Golden Retrievers aren't good enough for Alaskan Malamutes. Or one Alaskan Malamutes get what they want, they don't have to hold up their end of deals." Eliza then ran away, and Randy felt guilty, so he followed her.
Randy lost Eliza's trail for a while and then passed a wig store he thought looked suspicious. Randy finally found Eliza lying in a box when he passed the store. Randy walked up to Eliza and said, "Eliza?" Eliza said, "What do you want? You got your dumb ring." Randy said, "I wanted to see if you were ok. Also, what is this place?" Eliza said, "What does it look like? My home. Also, I'm fine. Besides, it's not the first time I've been ditched." Eliza then told Randy about how she grew up in a pet store, and the humans wanted all the other puppies, but nobody wanted her. Years passed, and she grew up to be the age she was. She then escaped from the pet store and ran off as a stray. When the pet store owner found her missing, he was surprised. She pulled one of her escape tactics with the dog catchers and got away before they could catch her. Since she knew so many tricks, the humans labeled her "the Muttician," and the word spread to the dogs. Eliza said, "When you live a life like mine, nobody cares for you, so you must think and care for yourself."
Randy felt bad for Eliza, so he tried to tell her the truth. Randy said, "Um, Eliza. I know how you feel. Like I said, my father was taken from me, just like your home was taken from you." Randy brought out the ring they stole from Hunter and said, "That's why I have to take home this ring. If I do, they'll take me seriously. Some of my family doesn't like me. But I'm betting if I take this ring back that we lost, I'll probably be head of the pack." Eliza said, "Randy, it doesn't matter how old or young you are or if you bring home some ring. What matters is what's inside." Randy said, "My father used to say stuff like that." Eliza said, "Then he was a good father. But I bet my advice was better." Randy said, "Just as good. And I'm sorry I can't take you home, but it's not your fault. It's not you, it's them. It's my family. You see, I'm a were...I'm a werewol..." Randy tried telling Eliza the truth, but he worried she wouldn't like him anymore if he did. Eliza said, "A what?" Randy said, "I'm aware I hurt your feelings." Eliza said, "Oh, you're just now figuring that out."
Meanwhile, Hunter looked at the picture he took of Randy's watch and saw a familiar insignia. "Wait, I recognize that insignia. It's the W insignia for the wolf family." Hunter knew Randy's Uncle Max owned a dog pound, so he checked it out. Once there, Hunter saw that the place was loaded with dogs, and there was no evidence that Max was a werewolf. Since he couldn't prove Max was a werewolf, he left the dog pound and went looking for more evidence to prove to the town werewolves do exist.
While Hunter was searching for evidence of werewolves, Randy's family was looking for him because they became increasingly concerned about him. Mrs. Wolf said, "Still no sign of Randy. That's it, I'm calling the police." Max said, "No. Just what are you going to tell them? Your werewolf son is missing and can be either a human or a werewolf. Even you know that our identities must stay hidden." Mrs. Wolf said, "You're right; they're going to think I'm a crazy person. Looks like we'll have to keep up the search."
Once morning came, all the werewolves changed back into humans, but Randy was still stuck as a werewolf. Since they couldn't find Randy at night, Mrs. Wolf decided to look for Randy in her human form and be back before sundown, when they all changed. While his mother looked for him, Randy was asleep with Eliza in her box and dreaming about that faithful night when he lost his father and that his family wasn't looking for him because he thought they didn't care about him. Once Eliza woke up, she saw Randy still asleep. Randy then woke up and saw Eliza was already awake.
Eliza came over to Randy and said, "Rise and shine. I found our breakfast." Randy followed Eliza to the butcher shop she taught him to beg at, and they saw other dogs there. Randy and the other dogs, including Eliza, put on their cute faces. Then the butcher gave each of them a hotdog, but the butcher thought Randy looked so adorable that he gave him a steak he ate in one sitting. Eliza then pinned Randy on his back, reached into his mouth, and tried to find that steak because she wanted a bite. Eliza gave up but gave Randy a friendly reminder. Eliza said, "You may have gotten that steak, but you still owe me the promised meat." Randy said, "Oh, right. I know it's not a good time for me to bring you or any dog home right now. But I bet my family would understand if you took me home, and then you can have your meat." Eliza said, "Fine. I'll take you home. But only if you promise to give me double the meat you promised. Because two places mean twice as much." Randy thought about it and said, "Ok, deal." Randy and Eliza then shook their paws and agreed on their deal.