This next Toy Story Toon is called Pet Problem. It's from the same name of a Toy Story book where Woody, Buzz, and the toys have to look after a hamster Bonnie brought home. In this chapter, my OC Princess Clara finds a lost pregnant dog and takes care of her with help from the other toys.
Pet Problem
One rainy day at Bonnie's house, the toys were playing a game of hide and seek.
Clara: Eight…nine…ten! Ready or not, here I come!
She looked under the bed, the toy chest, and the closet, but Clara couldn't find her toy friends anywhere in the bedroom.
Clara: Hmm, where could they be? I thought for sure that they'd be hiding in the bedroom. They're probably hiding outside the bedroom. Well, it's a good thing Bonnie and her folks are out weekend. We got the whole house to ourselves.
As Clara searched the house, she heard whining sounds outside. Curious, she climbed up to the window and looked outside. She gasped when she saw a small dog, covered from head to tail in mud, and shivering from the cold wet rain.
Clara: Oh my goodness! That poor thing. I've gotta get her inside.
Meanwhile, all the other toys had been hiding in a cabinet in the kitchen. They were all huddled up and on top of each other.
Chuckles: This is not my idea of fun.
Rex: Where's Clara? She should've found us about now.
Dolly: I'm sure she's fine. But are you sure this is the perfect hiding spot?
Hamm: Sure it is. When she comes close, we jump out and surprise her.
Mr. Pricklepants: Potato Head, would you kindly get your foot off my face?
Mr. Potato Head: Whatever you say, porcupine.
Mr. Pricklepants: I'm a hedgehog!
Buzz: Quiet! I think she's coming. Get ready everyone.
Outside the cabinet in the kitchen, Clara led the cold, wet, muddy dog into the kitchen.
Clara: Oh, you poor baby. Don't worry, I'll make a nice hot bath, and then I'll give you something nice to eat.
No sooner had she spoken those words, the toys jumped out of the cabinet.
Toys: Gotcha!
Clara fell backwards, startled. The muddy dog was also startled. When the toys saw the muddy creature, they screamed.
Mrs. Potato Head: What is that thing?
Rex: It's a monster!
Clara: No, it's not a monster! It's a dog!
Toys: A dog?!
The toys looked at muddy creature. They could see it had the shape of a dog, for it is a dog.
Buttercup: How did it get in here?
Clara: I found a key under the rug, then pushed a chair to the front door, and unlocked it. Then I took the dog inside.
Trixie: But it's a stray dog. Strays can be nasty.
Mr. Pricklepants: What if it has rabies?
Clara: She's not a stray. Look, she's wearing a collar.
Woody: Clara, if Bonnie and her parents come home and find a wet and muddy dog in the house, they'll call animal control and take it away.
Mr. Potato Head: So get that dirty mutt out of this house before we get in trouble!
Clara: I am not throwing her out of the house! I couldn't just leave her outside while it's raining. She's probably hungry, cold, lost, lonely, and has nowhere to go. If you let me keep her, I promise I'll take good care of her. Please? She needs help.
The toys glanced at each other. They looked at Clara and the dog, both giving them sad eyes.
Woody: Alright. You may keep her. But only until Bonnie comes home, we let her go.
Clara was so happy, she scooped up Woody in a massive hug and kissed his cheek couple of times.
Clara: Oh, thank you! Thank you!
Jessie: You might need a lot of help taking care of that critter, so we'll help you.
Clara: Thanks, Jessie. First, we have to get her cleaned up. She needs a bath.
Rex: I know who can help.
The toys led the dog into the bathroom, where Captain Suds and Chuck E. Duck and the other bath toys were. The bath toys were surprised to see the muddy dog.
Rex: Princess Clara brought in a lost dog that needs help.
Clara: We wanna give her a bath so she won't be dirty anymore. I hope you don't mind that we use the bathtub.
Captain Suds: Of course, Your Highness. Bring her in, but don't let her step on the smaller toys.
The dog hopped into the tub. Rex turned the handles and water came out, flooding the tub. Jessie, Dolly, and Clara began scrubbing the dog with sponges of soap, washing the mud off. The dog was revealed to be a beagle. She wore a pink collar with a tag. The name was Abby.
Clara: Abby? That's a nice name.
Chuck E. Duck: I know what it is! It's a…uh…
Clara: A beagle?
Abby climbed out of the tub, and then shook the water off her. The walls got wet, the floor got wet, and the toilet got wet. The bath toys didn't mind, they liked it when the sprinkles of water came on them, but Woody and the other toys didn't like it. They just stood there with solemn expressions.
Mr. Potato Head: Well, that's just great.
After drying off, the toys led Abby into the kitchen to look for food to feed her.
Clara: Now, we need to find her food. What do dogs eat?
Slinky: They eat biscuits, and peanut butter, and steak…
Clara: Jessie and I will find some peanut butter in the cabinets. Some of you open the refrigerator and see if there's any steak for Abby.
Mr. Potato Head hoisted Woody on his shoulders, Woody hoisted Rex on his shoulders, and Rex hoisted Buzz on his shoulders. Buzz was high enough to reach the refrigerator handle. Jessie found the jar of peanut butter and carried it out. Clara opened the drawer and pulled out a knife.
Buzz: Be careful with that knife, Princess. You could hurt someone.
Clara: I know, Buzz. I'm using the knife to scoop out the peanut butter for the dog to eat. And please, just call me Clara.
Buzz: Of course.
Mr. Potato Head: Hey! I'm getting mashed down here! Open the door already!
Buzz pulled and pulled until the refrigerator door flew open. But when the door opened, it knocked the toys away. As Rex fell, he landed right on top of Mr. Potato Head.
Rex: Ha! This is payback for calling me a party-pooper.
Mr. Potato Head: By sitting on me? Yeah right, that's real funny. Now get off me!
Buzz: I found the steak!
Buzz hopped out of the refrigerator with a container, with a large steak inside, leftover from dinner. Jessie and Clara came over with the jar of peanut butter and a knife. Abby wanted to eat the steak first, so Buzz opened the bag and laid the steak out in front of the dog. Abby sniffed it, and then ate it.
Then, Clara opened the jar of peanut butter, dipped the knife into the jar, getting some peanut butter on it, and held it out to the dog. Abby licked the peanut butter off. All of a sudden, Abby stuck her snout into the jar, and ate all the peanut butter ravenously until there was no more peanut butter.
Jessie: That must've been one hungry dog.
Rex: Uh, why do dogs like peanut butter?
Slinky: I don't know, but I've seen Andy give some to Buster and he really liked it.
Mr. Pricklepants and Slinky pushed a bowl of water towards Abby, which she drank from.
Hamm: OK. The dog's been washed, fed, and now what do we do?
Abby lied down on the floor, exposing her tummy, and wagging her tail. Woody had seen this before with Buster, and could see that Abby wanted a tummy rub. Plus, with Slinky mentioning Buster made Woody see that Abby somehow reminded him of Buster. So, Woody climbed onto the dog's tummy and began rubbing it. Abby thumped her foot and wagged her tail excitedly.
Woody: Aw, who's a good dog? Huh? Who's a good dog! Who's a good doggie!
But he stopped rubbing the dog's belly when he noticed the other toys staring at him. Embarrassed, Woody climbed off the dog's tummy.
Woody: Sorry, I just wanted to give the dog a good pat on the tummy. Hehe.
Clara: Ok…now I think the next thing we should do is – hey!
Abby bounded off to explore the rest of the house. The toys chased after her. Along the way, Mr. Potato Head stepped in something wet. When he looked down he gasped.
Mr. Potato Head: Uh guys...do you know where the towels are kept?
Abby ran into Bonnie's bedroom and jumped onto the bed, rubbing her furry body on the blanket.
Dolly: Hey! Get off the bed!
Dolly and Buttercup climbed onto the bed and tried to pull Abby off the bed by grabbing her feet. But Abby playfully grabbed the two toys, and tossed them into the air and caught them again, and then nuzzled them.
Buzz: Put them down! They're not a chew toys!
Then Abby bounced off the bed and began doing other things. First, she tried to play with Rex's tail.
Rex: Hey! Stop poking my tail!
She tried to play with Bullseye, but Jessie, thinking Abby would use Bullseye as a chew toy, chased her away.
Jessie: Don't even think about it!
Then the dog licked Woody's face, covering him with saliva.
Woody: Ugh! Stop it!
Mrs. Potato Head: Clara, do something about that mangy mutt of yours! She's out of control!
Clara: Alright! I'll figure something out!
As Abby bounced Totoro around like a ball, Clara tried to calm her down.
Clara: Put him down!
The dog dropped Totoro and then dropped to the floor.
Clara: That wasn't so bad now, was it?
But Abby howled in pain.
Clara: What's wrong, girl?
Peatrice: Maybe it was the steak. We should've put it in the microwave.
Peanelope: Or maybe she had too much peanut butter.
Peaty: Maybe she's gotta go outside and…you know.
But Abby kept whining and looking underneath her. Chuckles checked to see what was wrong.
Clara: You don't think Abby's sick, do you?
Woody: I hope not. If she is, we'll make her a nice bed so she can rest-
Chuckles: And we can deliver the puppies!
Woody: And we can deliver the….puppies?
Chuckles: That's why she's in pain! This dog's about to have puppies!
The toys screamed, and started running around the room, screaming and panicking.
Rex: What do we do?! I don't know what to do!
Woody: Get her in the car! Where's the car?! I'll drive!
Buzz: Bonnie's dad took the car!
Trixie: Somebody get the number for 911!
Mrs. Potato Head: You just said the number!
Dolly: The puppies are coming! The puppies are coming!
Buttercup: What do we do?! What do we do?!
Mr. Potato Head: How should I know?! I don't know anything about puppies!
Mr. Pricklepants: I should've known this would happen!
Hamm: Somebody get her in the corvette!
Slinky: Somebody call the vet!
Jessie: Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!
While all the toys were freaking out, Chuckles and Clara just stood there.
Chuckles: Could everyone please calm down?!
Clara: QUIET! Hush up already!
Hearing her voice, the toys stopped running and screaming.
Chuckles: Now, this is not the time to panic! We have to help this dog deliver her puppies! But we have to work as a team! Trixie, Dolly, Jessie, Woody, Buzz, get some towels! Potato Heads, little aliens, get some hot water! Rex, Hamm, Buttercup, Pricklepants, Slinky, get a large old blanket, the one that Bonnie's dad keeps in the closet! Bullseye, Totoro, Clara, the peas, and I will keep an eye on the dog! Now get going!
Everyone did as they were told. Minutes later, everyone waited outside Bonnie's bedroom. Chuckles and Clara were helping Abby deliver her puppies. Chuckles had told everyone to wait outside the bedroom, as he didn't want them to get freaked out by the sight of a dog giving birth.
Rex: What's taking them so long?
Slinky: What are they doing in there?
Jessie: I hope that poor critter's ok.
And then, Clara opened the door.
Clara: Everyone, you have to come see this.
The toys walked into the bedroom, and their eyes widened at the sight before them. Abby lay calmly on the blanket while nursing five newborn puppies.
Toys: Awww.
Mrs. Potato Head: How adorable.
Trixie: They're so cute.
Rex: I wanna play with them!
Clara: Hold on, Rex. They were just born, you can't play with them.
Chuckles: (pats Clara's shoulder) You did good, Princess. You should've seen her. She did a great job helping those pups.
Woody: Really? I'm so proud of you, Clara. I wished I could've seen it, but I'm proud of you.
Mr. Potato Head: Eh, question. What do you mean by deliver? And where did those pups come from?
Clara: Trust me. You don't wanna know.
Abby leaned over and licked Clara, as if to say thank you. Suddenly, they heard a familiar sound. Hamm climbed up to the window and looked out.
Hamm: Uh, guys. I hate to ruin this wonderful moment but….BONNIE'S BACK! THE CAR'S PULLING UP TO THE DRIVEWAY!
Clara: Oh no! What do we do?!
Woody: For once, I don't know!
Buzz Back to your places, everyone!
The toys scrambled back to their positions, just as Bonnie burst into the room. She gasped when she saw the dog in her bedroom, nursing her puppies. But Abby seemed calm in her presence.
Bonnie: Mom-?
When Bonnie told her parents, they called the owner of the dog, whose phone number was on the dog tag. The owner, who was a lady, arrived to pick up Abby. She apologized to the Andersons about her dog getting into their house, but the Andersons were more puzzled on how the dog got in, how she got so clean, and well fed.
When Abby was carried to her car, she gazed out the car window, staring back at Clara, who had been watching from the bedroom window. Clara sadly waved goodbye to Abby, who howled goodbye, as the car drove away. Clara sat on the window still, sobbing. Woody was at her side.
Woody: You did good, Clara.
Clara: Thanks, but I wish we kept her.
Woody: Abby belongs with someone else, just as we belong to Bonnie. But I'm sure you'll see her again. Since you found her, she must live nearby.
Their conversation was interrupted when Mr. Anderson screamed from the front door.
Mrs. Anderson: What's wrong, honey?
Mr. Anderson: That dog left one of her presents at the door!
Bonnie: Eww!
In the bedroom, the toys were puzzled.
Jessie: Abby left a present for us? Yee-haw!
Dolly: How sweet.
Chuckles: Uh, folks? It's not the kind of present you think it is.
Rex: What present is it?
Chuckles gathered everyone in a close circle as he quietly explained what kind of present Abby left at the front door. When all of this was explained, the toys made disgusted expressions and groans.
Toys: Ewwww!