When men find gold in the frozen North of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the South and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life - how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.

Corey recounts the adventures and misadventures of his Dalmatian, Mister Mosely.

Even though he is the runt of the litter from her father's prize sled-racing dog, ten-year-old Rachel plans to train her puppy to become a champion racer and determines to track him down when he mysteriously disappears.

Eight-year-old Just Grace and her best friend Mimi embark on a campaign to convince Grace's parents that they are responsible and dependable enough to get a dog.

Rosie, a dog who loves to eat, waits for breakfast, gets into the garbage can for lunch, and joins the family in following along with an exercise video.

10-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow.

Search-and-rescue dog J.J. struggles with jealousy over Moosh's friendship with a fashionable new neighbor, a situation that is complicated by a raiding possum and questions about the neighbor's integrity.