该片是由Sheree,Le,Mon执导的剧情片,于2008年上映，主要讲述了:A true story o.f a family and town's effor.t to save a .beloved and .heroic dog name.d Semper Fi. The f.ath.er, a Captain i.n the US Marines a.nd .his homemake.r wife, contend with .the not so earth s.hattering pr.obl.ems of their twin, fi.fteen year old daughter and. son as w.ell as the antics of their .precocious six year o.ld daughter. Their lives tu.mble along, as .most families d.o, until they must fa.ce the grave diagnosis of t.heir faithfu.lly and very. loved Golden R.etriever, Semper F.i. .The family cann.ot afford the expe.nsi.ve surgery t.he dog needs. The chi.ldren jump into ac.tion with a .pla.n, spear headed by th.e fifteen year old daughter.. They pl.an a community yard sale, d.onating all of their .most prized possessions. Th.e family's grum.py neighbor pla.ys an unlikely and un.expected part in the ultima.te success o.f the fund r.aising. Before .Semper goes in for. hi.s surgery, he d.isplays a heroic a.ct .that almost .ends his life. The st.ory unfolds during. the holiday. se.ason.