Meanwhile, the next morning back on the farm...
Everyone woke up to the sound of a rooster call and the only one who didn't seem to like it was Rover and he even complained about it. Ellie May didn't seem to mind the roosters noise but she did find it annoying that Rover was complaining about the rooster making so much noise and then there came a hen complaining about the same thing.
"Chester, you're starting trouble again, huh?!" the hen glared to the rooster. "I can't leave you alone for two minutes! You're impossible! My mother and Cordelia next door never did like you!"
The rooster seemed to roll his eyes at her.
"Heh, you're really henpecked." Rover smirked to the rooster.
"You shut up!" the hen glared. "Stop picking on him!"
"Would you just shut up already?!" Ellie May's voice that sounded older shouted to the hen before coming out. "Besides, you were complaining towards your husband just as much as Rover was."
"Ellie May?" Rover looked to the pit bull. "You seem different... I can't tell what it is yet..."
"What do you mean different?" Ellie May asked, still sounding older as she was now a full grown pit bull.
"I can't tell, but ya seem... More mature than before..." Rover shrugged.
Ellie May went over to a bowl of water and saw that she seemed older. "Heh, whatya know? Ashley's right, kids do grow up fast!" she then chuckled once she realized what had changed. She then remembered what she dreamed about last and what she wished for. "Say..." she said to herself.
The rooster then got on her back and crowed loudly.
"OH, THAT'S IT!" Ellie May snarled to the rooster and started to chase him.
"You stay here little lady, I got." Rover told her before chasing after the rooster himself.
"Stupid chicken..." Ellie May grumbled as the rooster tried to run away from Rover. She then heard a familiar sheepdog yawn. She then came in. "Oh, uh, good morning, Raffles!"
"Good morning, Ellie May..." Raffles yawned and stretched. "You sleep okay?"
"Hey, did you ever hear 'When you sleep, you grow'?" Ellie May asked.
"Yeah." Raffles stretched before stood up and looked at Ellie May and was surprised at how much she grew.
Ellie May then grinned and wagged her tail eagerly.
"Um, how old did you say you were?" Raffles chuckled sheepishly.
"Hmm... Human years or dog years?" Ellie May smiled bashfully in response.
"Um, dog years?" Raffles replied.
"I think I'm a solid three now..." Ellie May said.
"Really?" Raffles replied. "That's how old I am right now!"
Ellie May grinned to him. They both soon heard a gunshot as it looked like Rover was caught trying to catch the rooster. Raffles and Ellie May looked nervous and looked out. Luckily, Rover had quite literally dodged a bullet.
The farmer glared as he then lowered his gun. "Leave those chickens alone."
"Whew, that was a close one." Ellie May sighed.
"That dog is dangerous..." Farmer Hill growled, then looked to his son. I told you so."
"He's not trouble, Dad," Danny got nervous. "He's just playing, that's all!"
"That's right, we're playing!" Rover smiled, then held the rooster in his arms to hug him. "Look, we're buddies!"
Patch came over to the farm after hearing the gunshot.
"Tell that dog to play someplace else," Farmer Hill told his son. "I've got work to do."
Patch looked up to him, then looked to see Rover holding a rooster and breathed in relief. "Oh, thank goodnes, I thought you got shot."
"Luckily I think that was just a warning shot." Rover said.
"That's right... Poor baby... Come to Mama..." the hen cooed as she then hugged the rooster before slapping him across his face. "AND DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN! I'LL WRING YOUR NECK, YOU KNOW I WILL!"
Rover shuddered at the couple.
"Come on, you, get outta here." Danny lifted the fence so Rover wouldn't get into trouble for being around the chicken coop.
Once Rover was out of the chicken coop, Danny placed the fence back down.
Danny then spotted a stick and thought maybe a game would cheer the hound dog up. "Go get it, boy, fetch, boy, fetch!" he then picked up the stick and threw it.
Rover watched as the stick flew over his head and shrugged to the boy. "Hey, I don't fetch, you want it? You go get it."
"Excuse me, Ellie." Raffles said to the female pit bull and carried the stick in his mouth and ran to Danny to give it back to him.
Ellie May looked like she seemed to want to play fetch as well.
"Oh, good boy!" Danny hugged the sheepdog. "Good boy, Raffles! Hey, you wanna go again? Okay, here we go!" he then threw the stick again.
Ellie May laughed and she ran with Raffles to play with Danny. Raffles was about to fetch the stick again until he saw Ellie May running towards the stick.
"What're you doing?!" Rover called out. "He throws the stick, you run and get it, you bring it back, and he throws it again. I don't get it, hey, what's the point?"
"Oh, good girl!" Danny smiled as he pet Ellie May, knowing she had to be friendly.
Ellie May smiled as Danny threw the stick again.
"Because, it makes him happy," Raffles said to Rover about the game of fetch. "And it gives him exercise."
"If they want exercise, let them run and get it." Rover smirked.
"Then where's the fun in that?" Ellie May asked.
"So, what should we do?" Raffles then asked.
"It's very simple," Rover replied. "You do nothing."
"Fetch, guys, fetch!" Danny threw the stick again, but then the three dogs stayed completely still and didn't go after the stick to see what would happen. "Come on, guys!"
"I have a bad feeling about this." Ellie May said while sitting still.
"Me too." Raffles agreed.
"What's wrong, son?" Farmer Hill came beside his son.
"They won't play fetch with me anymore." Danny frowned.
"Well... If they don't wanna play, put 'em to work." Farmer Hill then replied.
Raffles and Ellie May then glared to Rover, blaming him for making them have to work. Patch shook his head and came back to see his brothers and sisters.
Colette was rather popular among the boy dogs.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Patch glared to his brothers. "She's mine, fellas!"
"Oops, sorry." The boys dogs said as they backed up.
"Hmph! Vultures..." Patch snorted as he then came to the female cocker spaniel. "Hey, Colette, you sleep okay?"
"Yeah, it's really different sleeping in a barn, but I'm okay as long as you're here." Colette smiled back to him.
"I'm happy to hear that." Patch smiled.
Colette smiled back. They soon heard Tripod having some fun with Atlas. Patch and Colette looked to see the red-haired man with the three-legged puppy.
"You're just a frisky little buddy, huh?" Atlas chuckled as he picked up Tripod in his hands.
Tripod nodded excitedly as he wasn't afraid to use his new strength on Atlas just for fun.
"I think I found a new home for Tripod." Patch said.
"Lucky and Cookie would be proud." Colette smiled to him.
Atlas soon looked and saw Cadpig and saw that she wanted to join in the fun. Tripod looked shyly to her.
"Oh, hello there, who are you?" Atlas smiled to the plucky female puppy.
Cadpig smiled and came up to him.
Atlas then looked at her collar. "'Cadpig', huh? You wanna play with us, Cadpig?"
Cadpig smiled and nodded.
"Okay then." Atlas smiled.
Cadpig beamed brightly. The three of them soon started to play.
"How do you think Rover and Ellie May are doing?" Colette asked.
"You wanna go check on 'em?" Patch asked. "Rover's not exactly a fetching type of dog."
"Oh, my... You know, I kinda expected that from a city dog," Colette walked with him. "Even Mom and my sisters and me do tricks sometimes, especially when Jim Dear puts a biscuit on our noses."