Footage shows Indy from when he was a puppy, to now as he and Vera greet Todd as he gets out of the hospital. Later on, Todd takes Indy upstate to his and Vera’s late grandfather’s old home. Vera objects to this since Todd is still not in good condition, but he ignores her warnings. Meanwhile, Indy is scared of entering the house. Todd eventually gets Indy inside, but he hesitantly walks around the house and thinks he sees a figure at the bottom of the stairs. Todd later watches home movies of his grandfather (Larry Fessenden) and his golden retriever, Bandit.
The next day, Todd takes Indy into the woods, where they pass the family cemetery. While Indy is alone, a man dressed in a black body suit approaches. Todd confronts him, but he turns out to be Richard (Stuart Rudin), a neighbor who knew Todd’s grandfather. Richard had discovered the grandfather’s body but said that Bandit was never found. He also warns Todd that he has set up fox traps around the area.
At night, Indy continues to sense something in the house. He sees what appears to be Bandit’s spirit guiding him up the stairs, showing him a spot where Indy finds Bandit’s old bandana. When he touches it, he sees more spooky visions, including what looks like a monstrous hand coming out of the closet.
Todd’s health starts to worsen, as he is too weak to move and constantly wheezes and coughs up blood. Indy tries to comfort his owner, but Todd aggressively tells him to leave him alone. He stays by Todd’s bedside and dreams of himself walking through the cemetery and seeing the dark figure walking towards him. Indy wakes up and sees Todd banging his head against the wall. Vera continues trying to call Todd but he rudely brushes off her attempts to check on him.
Indy later has another dream, this time where he goes upstairs and sees Todd’s grandfather sitting in his chair and coughing up blood, just like Todd is (it’s implied he had a lung disease that Todd is now suffering from). Todd gives Indy a bath when he finds him covered in grime, but he starts to violently cough up blood and seize up. He takes Indy with him to the hospital, but he is told that his condition is too far along for him to receive any kind of treatment.
While Todd is sleeping that night, Indy thinks he sees the figure outside of the bedroom. Todd wakes up and is holding Indy too tightly, so he has to bite his hand to free himself. Todd walks out of the room in a daze and seems to faint, with Indy locked out behind him. He climbs out a window and tries to run to Richard’s house to get help, but he gets caught in one of the fox traps.
Todd recovers Indy and chains him outside to the doghouse as punishment for his behavior. Indy senses the entity in the house again and hears Todd coughing up blood again. After a brief struggle, Indy charges into the doghouse and breaks free. He runs into the house through the cellar, where he finds Bandit’s skeleton. Indy rushes upstairs to try and help Todd, but Todd has died and he is now a spirit seeing his own corpse. The entity then appears to drag Todd down into the cellar, with Indy chasing after them and trying to save Todd. However, Todd accepts his fate and tells Indy that he is a good dog. The skin appears to melt off Todd’s body as the entity pulls him away.
The following morning, Vera arrives and discovers Todd’s body. She tearfully opens the cellar door and finds Indy down there behind Bandit’s skeleton. Vera calls for Indy, but he hears what sounds like Todd whistling to him. After a moment, Indy runs up to Vera and goes home with her.
After the credits, there is footage shown with director Ben Leonberg (Indy’s real life owner), showing how the film was made over more than a year, with Indy having no professional training and how the fear he conveyed was real because he was fearing for his actual owner’s life. Before the clip ends, Leonberg and Indy turn their heads when they hear a spooky noise.[wide]
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