Hyper intelligent pooch Bandit acts as a master thief for his unscrupulous, bank-robbing handlers Manny (Judd Nelson) and Willy (Lou Ferrigno). When he is caught red-pawed and taken to a local animal rescue centre he is adopted by single mom Joanne (Catherine Bell) and son Owen (Nicholas Alexander). However. Manny has no intention of letting the money-pilfering hound off the leash.