Their constant doting and neurotic behavior confuses and upsets Beatrice. Meg and Hamilton Swan, a stereotypical yuppie couple from a Chicago suburb, arrive with their Weimaraner Beatrice. To Gerry's chagrin, they cross paths with Cookie's paramours after the show ends. While traveling to the show, they encounter several of Cookie’s former lovers who kiss her passionately and try to seduce her, making Gerry jealous.
After having forgotten to pay their credit card bill and short of cash, they are forced to sleep in the hotel's storage room.
Gerry and Cookie Fleck are a middle-class couple from Florida who arrive at the Taft Hotel with their terrier Winky. Five dogs and their owners, trainers and handlers travel to Philadelphia to compete in the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show.
