Alex had it all, a good job, a good friend, a loving wife and a happy home. His boyhood dream of marrying the perfect woman realized, he was a happy man. In a flash, all is lost. A terrible accident takes his wife. His spirit shatters and he becomes a destroyed man seeking nothing but to end his own life. Alice and her lifelong friend had always loved animals. When they succeeded in realizing their shared dream of opening a veterinary hospital, Alice's life is complete except for one little detail; she is lonely. Her life-long dream of finding a good man to love remained unrealized. After too many dismal failures, she had given up the search. Both the man and the woman were dying inside. He had given up on life and she had given up on love. Everything changes when an extraordinary golden retriever becomes the force that brings the two lonely people together.