Strudel presently arrives at Shelter 17, silently noting to herself that it looked exactly the same as before(And somewhat relieved about such, too.) She opens the gate that leads to the yard, upon which she steps on a switch that causes a dog dish in the middle of the yard to flip up, revealing a secret passageway. "Mmn. Just like home!."

She climbs down the hole, and promptly slides down a long, winding chute(1); as she lands gently at the bottom, she's amazed at what she sees. The Pound Puppy HQ appears much more advanced than before, with many computers, motherboards, and machines with blinking lights lining the walls, and all around her, dogs and cats wearing clothes and walking on their hind legs, just like she was!

Just then, a voice calls, "Hi, Strudel!" upon which she whips around to see...the other Pound Puppies, who were walking on their hind legs and wearing clothes, just like her!

The dachshund gasps and stares with wide eyes. "Say, what's wrong?" inquires Squirt, who's wearing a black leather jacket, a pair of shades, and several gold chains under his collar. "You look like you've just seen a ghost."

"H-h-how are you all able to walk on your hind legs like this?!" she replies in astonishment.

Lucky, who's wearing a red jacket with a blue trim over a white t-shirt(2) gives a puzzled look. "Why, we've always been able to."

"Yeah," adds Niblet, who's wearing a small, multicolored propeller beanie and a blue t-shirt reading, "DRINK PUPSI COLA" on the front. "Quite honestly, I prefer it."

"I noticed something else odd, too," Strudel continues. "I met a pair of children on the street earlier, and they were able to understand my language!"

"Well, that's Puppy Power." Niblet replies.

"'Puppy Power?'"

"Yes," replies Cookie, who's wearing a white sleeveless shirt and a pair of dark pink shorts. "Puppy Power is a special bond between people and pets, which enables them to understand each other."

"Ohhh..." Strudel is still having difficulty comprehending this.

"Strudel, are you feeling okay?" inquires a now quite concerned Cookie.

"Well yes, it's just that..." the dachshund is truly at a loss for words now.

At that moment, Strudel hears footsteps behind them and looks over her shoulder to see...Dot? But she looked older, about eleven or so, and was wearing a green dress with a plaid skirt, a green headband with a pink flower(3) atatched to the side, and pink Mary Janes with white socks(4). "Hi, puppies. How's everything going?"

"Going very well, Dot," Lucky replies. "We've had 52 successful puppy and purry adoptions in the last week."

Dot smiles. "That's wonderful!"

"Purries?" a now even more confused Strudel echoes.

"That's what we call the cats," Niblet replies. "It's sorta' like an affectionate nickname."

"Ohh..." the dachshund scratches her head. "Nothing in this universe makes sense!" she mumbles under her breath.

"By the way, I hear that Sweet Pea and Harry are coming for a visit later." Cookie notes. Sweet Pea and Harry were two very opposite puppies who had come to the pound one day. Sweet Pea was very prim and proper, and Harry was very wild and messy; they didn't like each other at all at first, but after getting adopted by a tennis-playing brother and sister who got along very well together, they finally learned to accept each other(5).

"Yes, they're very excited to come see their old friends again, too."

Strudel then casually leans over and whispers in Lucky's ear, "How long has Dot been working here?"

A perplexed look crosses Lucky's face. "Ever since the pound opened."

"Strudel, are you...sure you're feeling all right?" inquires Squirt.

"I...I..."

But before Strudel can answer, three small voices call, "Oh boy, visitors!" She then turns to see the three members of the Super Secret Pup Club, now also wearing clothes and walking on their hind legs, walking up to them.

"Ohmigosh, ohmigosh, this is gonna be SO GREAT!" Rebound, who's wearing a denim blue dress with a red bow by the collar, and red bows above her ears, hops up and down excitedly.

"Maybe we can take 'em to play catch in th' park with us later," Patches, who's wearing a dark green t-shirt, and a matching baseball cap with a letter "P" on the front(6), says hopefully. "Or chase after frisbees, yeah, yeah!(7)"

"Or maybe...they might like to join our club!" Cupcake, who's wearing a pink dress with a cupcake and multicolored polka-dot border, and a pink bow says even more hopefully. "Oh, wouldn't that be super-nifty?(8)"

"Now I KNOW I must be dreaming! I've got to wake up somehow." Strudel reaches up and pinches one of her ears, "Ow!" then looks around her. "No good," she thinks. "Everything still looks the same." She then pinches her ear again, "Ow!" then again, "Ow!" then several more times. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!"

The dogs all exchange odd looks with each other. "Must be a full moon." Squirt whispers to Niblet, who nods in agreement.

The dachshund gives an exasperated groan. "I'll just go to my lab and see if I can clear my head." She then traipses off down the hallway toward the back of the pound. "I hope it's still where I think it is."

Dot and the Pound Puppies all stare in amazement. "I'm worried about poor Strudel," states an even more concerned Cookie. "She's been acting strangely ever since she got here."

"Yeah," Lucky muses. "Perhaps she's been working too hard."

"It's almost as if she's…lost her memory, or something!" Squirt muses.

(1)The pound had this feature in season 2 of the '80s series.

(2)His jacket is similar to Cooler's, only with reversed colors.

(3)Resembling the one on her shirt in the 2010 series.

(4)Her appearance in this universe is similar to that of Holly.

(5)They fisrt appeared in the episode "Doubles Trouble."

(6)His hat is similar to that of Tuffy, from the episode "Tuffy Gets Fluffy" in the '80s series, only in a different color.

(7)He has some of Whopper's personality traits in this universe.

(8)She has some of Brighteyes' personality traits in this universe.