Successful artist Cassie lives her life through her pets - her very own cast of 'Winnie the Pooh'. She's passionate about her animals - but can't help thinking she's missing out on something. That something comes in male-shaped packages ... Good-humored Nick, hapless and impulsive, is still reeling from being dumped by his fiancee.

Thanks in part to a prank by Nick's mate - together with a black furry bundle of puppy named Rooney (after Wayne) - the lives of the two gradually come together, though neither can quite believe the reality.