While everyone is away on a company ski trip, Robert's neighbor hires two inept thieves to steal his latest invention. The neighborhood dogs will use Robert's inventions to set up a house of horrors for the thieves.

Robert, a talented inventor, and his daughter move to a new neighborhood right before Christmas. But, upon arriving, Robert finds himself targeted by his conniving next-door neighbor Victor and his aggressive dogs. After discovering Robert's latest invention, Victor hires two inept thieves to steal it, unaware that the neighborhood dogs have joined forces to stop the would-be robbers.—Frank Liesenborgs