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THE DOG HOUSE
By Zoe Miller

GENRE: Animation
LOGLINE:

 Unable to cope with homelessness a pampered dog verbally attacks his owner because of his gambling problems. The Animal enforcers (The Kaneins) learn of his crime and seek to silence him permanently.


SYNOPSIS:

A dog genius and his owner are faced with homelessness after his human companion makes some very bad life decisions.

Malcom Winton and his genius dog Headley live with his wealthy girlfriend, she’s had enough of his reckless spending and gambling. One day he wakes up to banging noises throughout the house. His girlfriend has moved out, sold the house and sent the movers to pack all the furniture. The movers tell him he has 24 hours to vacate the premises. She left him penniless, after checking all the accounts he confirms that she s left him with nothing. He and his trusty dog Headley are homeless in 24hr.

Headley seeks the advice of his neighbors … Spartcus (big doberman) who advises him to leave his owner and live with him. Headley is loyal to Malcolm and does not want to leave him, he knows Malcom would not survive. Headley blames himself for allowing Malcolm to become so reckless.

They eventually move in with an old friend who has two literally fat cats. Stump and Frump, the Catini twins who love to video tape themselves torturing Headley. Fed up Headley needs a way out he secretly helps his owner rebuild financially. Malcolm has become too complacent

Of course Malcolm thinks it’s his brilliant financial strategies. Malcom gets greedy and thinks that after every nap he will have a financial revelation of how to make money.

After being bullied by the cats and living in squalled conditions Headley takes matters into this own hands. He attempts to login to his owners trading account and begin trading to make him some money. After discovering the friends computer has a modem and a disgusting keyboard he has no other choice but to break into the library and use the free computer.

For several days he endures continuous bulling from the local dogs who chase him everyday. He has to sell the meager stock Malcolm owns but it allows him an opportunity to begin trading with a small amount of cash.

It takes a few weeks to build Malcom's portfolio but once he does he then has to convince Malcom to login and check it. Headley interacts with the trading firm disguising his voice to sound like Malcolm.

Malcolm takes all the subtle hints left by Headley he discovers the trading cash but in his greed he begins to invest and re invest. Headley kept the trading account under $10,000 as not to arouse suspicion. Malcolm got greedy and reinvested $5000, to Headley’s surprise he triples his money but the SEC wants to know how he turned $-12.00 into $27000. They come to the sullied house to question him, he explains the premonitions he receives after every nap. Headley over hears this and imagines himself on the street, the SEC mention jail time and taking Headley to the pound.

Headley Completely loses his composure and starts biting the SEC agents. Malcolm apologies and takes Headley outside in the backyard. Headley calls him stupid, chastises him and confesses all with tears flowing. That he built the stock portfolio, that he can’t the living conditions. Malcolm is astounded,

He wants to exploit Headley and make millions. Headley has committed the cardinal animal sin (Never reveal to humans that you can talk). Unknown to him Frump and Stump witnessed everything they quickly report him to the Kaneins (Animal Law Enforcer’s). The FBI, CIA, NSA, MI6 of the animal kingdom, Kaneins rule with an iron hand the universal rule is that all animals will and cannot interfere with the matters of humans especially if it means divulging the great secret of speech.

This rule is punishable by death, Headley and his owner have now been scheduled for termination.

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