Wiener-Dog tells stories featuring people who see their life changed or motivated by one definite dachshund, who seems to be dispersing a type of relaxation and happiness. The closest friend of man starts out teaching a boy before being taken in by a compassionate vet tech named Dawn 26, some contorted life course. Dawn reunites with somebody and puts off on a roadtrip picking some depressed mariachis on the way up. Encounters an older woman and her granddaughter, in addition to a film professor --all longing for some thing.