For Jinx, the smallest of nine beagles born in farmer Miller's barn, the first six weeks of life are filled with happiness and love. But when the puppies are taken away to find their "forever homes," Jinx determines that he will only be happy in a place exactly like the old barn. As Jinx searches for his perfect home, he encounters a series of misadventures including being stuffed into a cardboard box, locked in an old shack, and shut in a tiny cage at a puppy mill.

Through it all, Jinx holds fast to his image of the perfect forever home until eventually he discovers that home and family come in many forms, but what truly matters is being surrounded by love.